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Politician Asif Bhamla's birthday bash yesterday at C'est la via lounge in Bandra witnessed a deluge of celebrities from all walks of life.

The day also happened to be the 12th anniversary of his N. G. O "We Love India" that supports Education for poor, the cause of Spastics, Autism, and Deaf and Dumb. The event started with distributing prizes to top
5 spastic children who fared well last year.

The prize ceremony was followed by launch of a book on Spastics and Autism named "Journey to Improvement - A Road map for Special Children" authored by Mrs. Kavita Shanbhag.

Oscar-winner Adrien Brody says his transformation into a muscleman came after he prepared for his role in Predators by living in the jungle, exercising every day and giving up sex.

The Pianist star, who plays buff Royce in the film, told a magazine: "I studied a lot of military manuals, paramilitary books and isolated myself in the jungle. I was training and dieting six days a week. Very heavy weights and high-rep circuit training was the key along with hundreds of push-ups a day. I was eating the right things obsessively."

Knock Out director Mani Shankar was not willing to comply with Irrfan's insistent requests that he be allowed to do his own share of action to look at par with the film's leonine action hero Sanjay Dutt.

In fact, Irrfan wanted to go further. He wanted to kill the villain in the climax of Knock Out. The thought exasperated and amused Sanjay Dutt and the director Mani Shankar since Irrfan's character didn't fit the role of the avenging macho man.

The oldest jewellery brand of India Gili has recently launched a new print campaign, which was launched by its brand ambassador Bollywood star Bipasha Basu. The new ad campaign focuses on the different emotions and moods of modern woman, like as a traveler, a diva, a wanderer, a bride, and a girl next door. It also depicts the willingness of Indian woman to come and express them more freely.

Deepika Padukone, the model-turned actor is presently all smiles, thanks to the success of Housefull, however contrary to popular belief she had to go through the grind as well.

She started off in a music video by Himesh Reshammiya and this is when Farah Khan noticed her. She was cast in the superhit Om Shanti Om and Deepika tasted instant success. However, according to the actress it was only after post-Love Aaj Kal that her career graph started to show a rise.

Having been released before couple of weeks, Naga's Ananthapurathu Veedu is leaping with laurels with good collections at box office. Touted as a supernatural family entertainer, the film is witnessing repeated audiences in theatres. We bring you an exclusive look on 10 unknown things about Ananthapurathu Veedu from script to screens.