Just hours after its triumphant theatrical debut, Rajinikanth’s much-anticipated blockbuster Vettaiyan has fallen victim to piracy.

Last week Bollywood’s ageing superstar Amitabh Bachchan through his blog lambasted the crew and unit of his in production film Teen Patti while they were shooting in London along with Sir Ben Kingsley. Apparently he was not too happy with the way shooting was conducted and also shocked to see the unprepared unit in the last shooting stint of the film which was underway in London.

He then rightfully vented out his anger on his personal blog a couple of days back and what he said was rightly picked up by the media as he very hardly speaks badly about the projects he shoots for.

This year the star-studded International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) has chosen Macau, China, for its awards being held from 11th June to 13th June, 2009.

IIFA’s 10 successful years of existence are a proof of the integrity and the distinct place that it enjoys in the Indian film industry.

The organizers of the tenth edition of IIFA said that the event will take place at the Venetian Macao Resort Hotel at Macau.

The announcement was made in front of IIFA brand ambassador, Amitabh Bachchan and government representatives of Macau.

At an event held at JW Marriott, Juhu, Mumbai, Amitabh Bachchan announced the venue for International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards venue for 2009. He declared The Venetian, Macau as the venue for the IIFA weekend to be taken place on June 11-13. Big B is the brand ambassador of the IIFA since its incorporation in 2000.

We have heard him and loved his songs from movies like Silsila and Mukaddar Ka Sikandar. Well it’s not for the first time that Big B will be seen dancing and singing on screen, but yes it will be the first time that Amitabh Bachchan will be lending his voice to an ad commercial.

Directed by Sujoy Ghosh who is also directing Big B in the forthcoming film Aladin, Bachchan will be singing for Himani Navratna Oil commercial for which he is the brand ambassador.

Why is Sir Ben Kingsley who not so long ago swept the world, critics and the Oscars by playing Gandhi, ready and willing to do a 5-day cameo in an out-and-out Amitabh Bachchan film?

The announcement that Ben Kingsley would be working with the Big B in Leena Yadav’s Teen Patti comes as a shock. According to insiders the film was complete many months ago…but for five days of work with a Caucasian actor .