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CAFFEINE WAR IN 'LOVE AAJ KAL'

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We learn that 'Love Aaj Kal', debut production of actor Saif Ali Khan, has a central theme that revolves around black tea and black coffee. And, the caffeine on the set, in the scenes and dialogue, we guess as we are told, had started affecting the crew of the film as well. Director Imtiaz Ali is well known for his fondness for black tea and drinks a lot of black Darjeeling tea a day. Deepika Padukone, lead actress on the other hand, developed an appetite for black coffee for her character Meera in the flick is so afflicted. So then, the producer and crewmembers started to swing this way or that, i.e. between black tea and black coffee. They won't admit it, but the buzz from behind the scenes is that there was literally a war! On one side it was Saif Ali Khan and Deepika drinking coffee and one side the producer Dinesh Vijan and Director Imtiaz drinking tea.

PRAKASH JHA ENTERS TV

Bihar is becoming the focus of political, business and now media attention. Having lost his election hasn't fizzled the plans of filmmaker-turned-politician Prakash Jha. He has launched 'Maurya TV' channel in Bihar because he felt the state badly needed its own voice, while denying he started the channel to counter the rosy-picture Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's government is trying to create. Jha says Maurya TV is an infotainment channel devoted and restricted to Bihar. Jha explains the focus is really narrow, without footprints outside Bihar with just developments in Bihar. Well, the filmmaker says the channel will be independent and unbiased. Reportedly, the content would be put together in Bihar and voice the concerns of the state. Some predict success for Jha as he has been successful in making Bihar-based intense political dramas like 'Gangaa Jal' and 'Apaharan'. The filmmaker, currently busy with in his feature film 'Rajneeti', would not be involved in the day-to-day running of the channel. Sujit Jha, the former bureau chief of Aaj Tak, will be looking after the channel. The languages of the channel will be those spoken in Bihar.

ANUSHKA, NEIL CHARM BANGALURU

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Garden city of Bangaluru turned glamorous the other night as Bollywood's young stars Anushka Sharma and Neil Nitin Mukesh turned up for a simple event. They came to inaugurate a 'Jack and Jones' store. But, the celebrity duo attracted a throng of fans that flooded the simple event. They were the special guests. When fans heard of the arrival of the actors, the venue became packed and more than that. Being almost an hour late did not dampen the fans' enthusiasm. Along with these two, also came Ramesh Dembla, Manjul Gupta, Ashwini Nachappa, Mumbai models Carol Gracias and Pia Trivedi, Sudha Hiremath and Rekha Hande.

SHAKIRA AND CHICKENS

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Reportedly, singer Shakira says that tending for four chickens made her fall in love with them and now she's given up eating meat. She named them, cared for them and says they became very close to her. And then naturally she couldn't eat them. She calls them her friends and says it's impossible to think of eating them ever again. That turned her vegetarian. But, she soon gave in to her cravings. She reportedly admits it lasted but a month. Not that she didn't try, actually she tried real hard she said. For now, she clarifies that there's no way she could have killed her pet friends. So, they are still around. Well, those chickens are loved and survived.

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