Delayed update

I've been very busy and that's why I haven't blogged in very many months.And I think I deleted a bunch of posts by accident so...sorry about that.
Anyways a lot has happened in the past 6 months.

Vidya Balan married the top guy at UTV, her SRK - Siddharth Roy Kapoor therefore adding one more title to her kitty along with "splendid actress" - that of being a top Bollywood bahu. She is a smart girl, that one. Played her moves really well. And therefore, she is in a GREAT place in the industry now. Things cannot get any better!

Sanjay Dutt went to jail and whined and complained about the bed, the size of his cell, the toilets, his "job" at the jail, the location of the jail, the food, not being able to smoke (like, oh my god!!) and everything he 
could complain about.
Even after multiple visits to prison, he doesn't understand that jail isn't supposed to be a luxury facility.

Some of our so-called "Bollywood ambassadors" went to the Cannes Film Festival. Aish looked like she had lost some weight and she looked alright in all her outfits - she isn't a big experimenter unfortunately. She sticks to all the same kind of stuff. Her father in law on the other hand was on the red carpet and was applauded for a blink-and-you-miss-it appearance in The Great Gatsby. His fashion choices were so bad I wondered who picked out his clothes. Sonam Kapoor, the woman in Bollywood who India turns too when the word "fashion" is talked of, made some interesting choices - some good, some terrible.
Vidya Balan boringly stuck to Sabyasachi for the entire festival and perfected her aunty look some more.
Mallika Sherawat attended the festival and toned down the boobage and the skin show. She made up for the stupid outfits by opening her mouth and calling India regressive and then blatantly lying about a bunch of Bollywood stuff like how she was the first Bollywood actress to wear a bikini and kiss on screen. Someone needs to fire her PR team- clearly someone wasn't doing their homework! And where did she pick up that accent from? People in LA DO NOT talk like that! That accent is worse than Aish's during that Oprah interview.
I like Frieda Pinto - she carries herself extremely well and has handled her transition from India to Hollywood gracefully. She has developed an accent as well but at least, it is more believable than ridiculous!

Bollywood turned 100 last month and 4 directors - Karan Johar, Zoya Akhtar, Anurag Kashyap and Dibakar Bannerjee came together to create 4 short stories into one film. Karan's was undoubtedly the best - its hard to imagine that the guy who churns out fluff  like Student of the Year is able to put out hard hitting stuff as well. Yes I know he did My Name is Khan and Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna but they had their own dose of melodrama. Bombay Talkies was short and straight to the point. That guy from Mujhse Frandship Karoge Saqib Saleem is a spectacular actor. Will be interesting to see how far he gets to go.
The film makers brought together the biggies of Bollywood into one song - Apna Bombay Talkies and conveniently left out Salman Khan and the Bachchans - the people who have made one of the bigger impacts on Bollywood.

The IPL didn't turn out so well for the Rajasthan Royals when a few of their players were accused of match fixing and their owner, Raj Kundra accused of betting and therefore suspended by BCCI. He played the poor-little-rich-NRI-who-didn't-know-the-Indian-laws game to try and get out of it and issued statements on Twitter and elsewhere proclaiming innocence. I am sure corruption is rampant in the IPL, the Royals just got screwed over coz their players got caught.
Elsewhere, Harbhajan Singh tried to do a Dwayne Bravo and made the Bhangam style infamous. Seriously, watch it. Its horrible.

Jiah Khan of Nishabd fame committed suicide over a boy. Seriously, over a boy. As much as I felt for her when I read her letter that her mom released to the media, I was that much more angry that she ended her life because her boyfriend was a jackass. She clearly needed a lot of help and support - personal and professional (from therapists). Sooraj Pancholi's career looks like its over before it began and Salman Khan's name invariably got dragged into this mess. Aditya Pancholi was never known to be a gentleman so its a shame he imparted similar values to his son.
What a waste of a life. I hope her family gets some closure.

Priyanka Chopra lost her father to cancer a few days ago. And unlike Jiah's funeral and prayer meet, Dr Ashok Chopra's funeral and prayer meet were graced with the cream of Bollywood. Ranvir Singh (who I just cannot stand) walked out of the prayer meet laughing with food in his hand - it looked like a fried pakora. I hope his trainer kicks his butt. 
Condolences to the Chopra clan.

This is all I can think of for now. I am sure there are other events I may have missed. Feel free to add your comments to my 6-month summary.

K-Jo turns 40!!

So Gayman Johar finally turned 40 and celebrated with almost everyone in Bollywood by throwing an extravagant party at the Taj in Mumbai.
There were current stars and has-beens that we haven't seen in a LONNNNNG time.


Priyanka ended the will-she-won't-she-attend speculation by showing up and keeping a safe distance from her darling Shah Rukh.There are rumors floating about that the two did briefly meet at some point when Gauri wasn't looking. And she probably had strict orders from Karan and Gauri bodyguarded her husband throughout the night.
Anyways, many people ignored the black and red theme and showed up in different colors. Manish Malhotra, Karan's partner in gayness when SRK isn't available friend designed the decor for the bash.


Vidya Balan and Siddharth Roy Kapur made their first public appearance as a couple and stuck to each other's side all night.

Get ready for the pictures!

Gaymen Karan with his friend-with-benefits Manish Malhotra

Karishma channels her inner Lara Croft with that dress and Kareena as usual doesn't surprise by not invoking a WTF when you look at that dress.

Shahid Kapoor showed up solo. Maybe he spent some time with Kareena - she showed up without Saif too.

With mommy dearest - Karan and Hiroo Johar

Damn it! Why do they keep propping up mannequins on the red carpet? Oh wait, that's Kangana

Avantika Malik misread the invite - she thought it was a Arab theme party.

Malaika Arora-Khan in whatever the heck it is that she's wearing. Did you expect any less (or more?)

Dia Mirza ignored the black and red theme 

And Anushka Sharma was the celebrity bartender for the night!! Ok fine, she wasn't but doesn't she look like it?

Bipasha Basu stuck to the theme and wore a black dress.

Mr and Mrs SRK arrived after 10:30pm for the party. SRK needs to get rid of the cancer stick

Why is Jaya Bachchan ticked off? Neither Salman nor Vivek were there!! She probably saw Karishma. While hubby and son were out of the country for treatment and Aish was at Cannes, Jaya partied. Who had the Bachchan baby for the night?

Sonakshi Sinha in an interesting black dress

Mr and Mrs Akhtar. Apparently Farhan played peace-maker between Karan and Priyanka and got her an invite for the evening

Parineeti Chopra told her stylist - I want to looks like Jasmine from Alladin but a little different. And this is what her stylist came up with!

Apparently Uday Chopra stuck to Parineeti all evening and was very keen to mentor her and sign her on for his new venture. I would keep away from any of his mentoring ideas, we all know what it did to his career!!

Arjun Kapoor forgot to shave; with uncle Sanjay Kapoor. Whats he grinning about? Probably saw Malaika

Mr and Mrs Gowarikar

Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Farhan's sister Zoya with Reema Kagti

Amrita Rao showed up solo

Farah Khan-Ali stuck to the theme and wore a pretty red dress

Priyanka flew in from Zurich from her brother's graduation ceremony and went straight to the birthday party

Urmila Matondkar - she still looks hot - that's what a little botox will do for you!

Tabu wore her maxi to the party

Sonali Bendre came with hubby Goldie Behl (not pictured)

The older Mr and Mrs Akhtar.

Juhi Chawla with her dad husband Jay Mehta. And they even brought a gift! Aww!!

Not so newly wed Sameer and Neelam

Puneet Malhotra looks like a lost school boy - while Sonam was in Cannes

As always in white no matter what the invite says - Simi Garewal

Rishi and Neetu Kapoor - Neetu didn't have time between shopping for a gift and the party so she just showed up in what she had on.

The more popular Kapoor - Anil with wife Suneeta

Like I said before - never fails to invoke a WTF!! Hopefully she didn't have to bend over to pick anything up!

Vaibhavi Merchant in blue

Konkana Sen Sharma in her trademark sari

Kumar Mangalam Birla looks a little ticked off

Leander Paes and Rhea Pillai

Another one of Karan's friend-with-benefits - Tushar Kapoor

Rohit Shetty went bowling and then showed up in whatever it is  that he had on.

Too much makeup, lovely dress - Neha Dhupia

A very lovely looking Soha Ali Khan along with Kunal Khemu - he has red socks on, how cute is that?

Ritiesh and Genelia who came to the party in her prom dress

The other Deshmukhs - Dheeraj and Honey who also ignored the dress code

Queenie Dhody more covered up than she usually is

Yes she ignored the dress code as well but Kiran Rao looks lovely! This is one of her better looks - with Aamir Khan

The Ratnanis 

Tina and Anil Ambani - gotta stop somewhere with that botox, woman!!

A-sin in white :P

Mr and Mrs Sooraj Barjatya - who knew they were still relevant?

The botox must stop!! Parmeshwar Godrej forgot to unwrap the towel on her head and wash her face after that face massage she had before she showed up for the party

Holy!! That's Jugal Hansraj. Once upon a time cutie. He's gotten old and unrecognizable!! Someone quick! Give him your botox doctor's number!

Raveena and Asin - they both look the same age. The wonders of botox!

Sanjay and Manyata Dutt with his sisters and husbands

Ekta Kapoor is one sneeze away from a wardrobe malfunction!!

Rani and Aditya were too busy in the bedroom before the party so she decided a change of dress would be too time consuming. And therefore she showed up in that satin sheet

Kajol with her escort for the night - sister Tanisha. Ca't miss those trunk like legs through that dress but otherwise she looks pretty

Hrithik Roshan, his crazy thumb and his wife wrapped in leopard skin