HOLLY-WOOD ac-tress Julia Rob-erts stumbled on a brilliant idea on the sets of her latest film Eat, Pray, Love that could make the lives of desi girls who struggle with saris a lot easier.

Roberts, who was in Lon-don for the premiere of the film, was so scared of tripping while wearing the traditional sari that she had a tailored one made. The one-piece

garment looked exactly like a sari and snap-ped shut with clip.

“It was a one-set piece that had snaps and closures on it, almost like a skirt and I could wrap it around me and snap it. It was beautiful,” said Rob-

erts.

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Lookalikes for Pakistan cricket film roles

EASTERN EYE October 1, 2010

THE fact that the Pakistani cricket team have finally gone home shouldn’t stop someone from making a film about their controversial tour.

It would have high drama, corruption, whistle-blowers and unexpected twists.

On the flipside, there would be good guys who at-tempt to salvage some pride for the beleagured team and peripheral protagonists like Veena Malik, who dished the dirt on Mohammad Asif and England bats-man Jonathan Trott, who had an altercation with Wa-hab Riaz. I have the perfect lookalikes to play the key roles if anyone is looking for cast members.1. Salman Butt (above) and music producer Young Ar-chie (below) look like long-lost brothers.2. Actor Riz Ahmed could make an amazing cameo appearance as whistleblower Yasir Hameed.3. Mohammed Asif clone Gigi Buffon is right for the role because he was in a Juventus team that was ac-cused of match-fixing.4. Teenage bowling sensation Mohammad Aamer has enough of a magical quality to be, erm, played by Donkey from Shrek.5. Fergie from the Black Eye Peas brings the oomph factor by playing Lollywood lookalike Veena Malik.

6. Action hero Jason Statham can play Jonathan Trott, who clashed with Pakistani bowler

Wahab Riaz at Lord’s .

BOLLYWOOD heartthrob Hrithik

Roshan was all smiles as he chilled out with celebrity hairdresser and Eastern Eye col-

umnist Asgar in central Lon-don recently. A regular client of Asgar for a number of years, Hrithik got him to do his hair

when he secretly flew into the capital to get meas-

ured for his waxwork.

IT looks as if serial kisser Emraan Hash-mi is up to his old tricks in forthcoming film Crook: It’s Good To Be Bad. As this still from the Aust-ralia-set drama

shows, the actor is back locking lips with his co-stars again.

RISING bhangra star Jaz Dhami is one of the ambas-sadors taking part in a nationwide campaign designed to en-courage everyone who loves football to become a grassroots coach or referee. A qualified football coach,

Jaz will be featured in Foot-ball Needs adverts that will be screened across the UK soon. “I am focused on helping to encourage more Asians to get into football and this campaign will hopefully give pathways to take up the sport,” he said.

IS Guzaarish inspired by critically acclaimed Spanish film

The Sea Inside, which in turn was based on the true story of a

sailor who becomes a quadriplegic following an accident? In

the first trailer of the film, Hrithik Roshan is a magician who

is disabled and looked after by nurse Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.

This isn’t be the first time that director Sanjay Leela Bhansali

has been inspired by another film because Hum Dil De

Chuke Sanam is similar to Woh Saat Din, Black was

inspired by The Miracle Worker and Dev-

das was a remake of a film which has been done

many times.

SOUL sensation

Jay Sean is hoping his latest col-

laboration with close pal

Lil Wayne will recreate the

magic of their mega-hit single

Down, which topped the US

Billboard charts. The song That Ain’t

Me is featured on Lil Wayne’s recently re-

leased album I Am Not A Human Being.

Talking of Jay, he has received a number of film

offers from Hollywood and Bollywood, but has in-

sisted he will only make the leap to

acting if the right role is offered

to him.

EASTERN EYE October 1, 2010

THEfinally gone home shouldn’t stop someone from making a film about their controversial tour.

blowers and unexpected twists.

tempt to salvage some pride for the beleagured team and peripheral protagonists like Veena Malik, who dished the dirt on Mohammad Asif and England bats-man Jonathan Trott, who had an altercation with Wa-hab Riaz. I have the perfect lookalikes to play the key roles if anyone is looking for cast members.1. Salman Butt

2. Actor Riz Ahmed could make an amazing cameo appearance as whistleblower Yasir Hameed.3. Mohammed Asif clone Gigi Buffon is right for the role because he was in a Juventus team that was ac-cused of match-fixing.4. Teenage bowling sensation Mohammad Aamer has enough of a magical quality to be, erm, played by Donkey from 5. Fergie from the Black Eye Peas brings the oomph factor by playing Lollywood lookalike Veena Malik.

1. Salman Buttchie 2. Actor Riz Ahmed could make an amazing cameo

1 2 3 4 5 6

IF the producers of the fourth series of Bigg Boss get

their way, Pamela Anderson will be a housemate in the

Indian version of Celebrity Big Brother. They apparently

want Pamela because of the astounding fan follow-

ing she enjoys among men in In-

dia. If the deal does go ahead,

the blonde bombshell wouldn’t be the first for-

eigner to enter the house because Jade

Goody made a brief appearance in the second series and German model Clau-dia Ciesla was in season three.

Kiss and tell

BOLLYWOOD stars urged fellow Indians to maintain peace when the verdict of the Babri Masjid mosque finally comes out. Those at the press conference in Mumbai included (pictured, from left) Sophie Chowdhary, Ranbir Ka-poor, Priyanka Chopra and Ajay Devgan, as well as Sajid Khan. Al-though the celebrities want peace, many are also worried that any violence triggered by the judgement will impact box-office collections of their films.

ACTOR Jimi Mistry is hoping to

spin, twirl and shake

his way to the Strictly

Come Dancing title.

When I ran into Jimi at a high-pro-

file party in London, he told me he

was looking forward to busting some

moves in the new series of the show,

which starts on BBC 1 on Friday (1).

“It’s a really interesting challenge

and an opportunity to learn some-

thing new. Hopefully I won’t get vot-

ed off first,” said Jimi.

So tune into the show

and make sure you vote for

Jimi.

Keeping the peace despite verdict...

THE most

hilarious news

of the week is

that someone is

planning to stage the

first UK Asian televi-

sion awards next year.

I reckon they will have

the following categories

at the awards:

Most amateurish and

bad presenter

Most unrealistic Asian in

a soap Lowest budget TV show

Hottest newsreader

Best fake desi

Crappiest set

ACTRESS Madhuri Dixit is seriously con-sidering an offer to either participate in reality TV show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5 as a mentor or a judge. Based in America, she also has a number of other TV offers.

A COMIC book based on interesting looking film Jhootha Hi Sahi is on the way. Lead star John Abraham came up with the idea while work-ing on the London set of the film.

DIRECTOR Santosh Jain has asked Hollywood superstar Drew Barrymore to play the lead role in his mega-budget Bollywood film Life-style. Although Jain insists Drew is consider-ing the offer, I doubt it will actually happen.

THE producers of TV show Kaun Banega Crorepati are trying to get former host Shah Rukh Khan to face questions from returning host Am-itabh Bachchan in the new series.

BROADCASTER Sony Entertainment Television has bought the remake rights of X-Factor. The Indian ver-sion of the musical reality TV show will hit screens next year.

The views expressed in this column do not

necessarily reflect those of the newspaper

LOOK out for the

second single release from The Truth and Bobby Wonda. Due out on Octo-ber 7, the song Sharabi is a collaboration with ace music producer

Mentor Beats.

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ACTOR Vivek Oberoi shared the stage with blind orchestra Black in London and Leicester last week. Pictured with Kaser Mehmood from KZ Entertain-ment and Jayesh Kotak from Jays Enter-tainment, the actor proved he really is one of the nicest stars in Bollywood.

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