John, Bips team up for an item number

The much-in-the-news Bipasha-John pair is very much together. Though the duo refuses to comment on their relationship, Bipasha Basu confirmed they have come together for a sizzling item song in Anurag Kashyap's No Smoking .

"I don't think I want to talk about my personal life any more. What's happening there is for me to know. But, yes, John and I have come together professionally again after 'Goal', this time with an item song in Anurag Kashyap's No Smoking ," Bipasha said.

But it wasn't the presence of John Abraham that impelled Bipasha to accept the song.

"Certainly not! It was Vishal Bharadwaj, the man who gave me two of my best item numbers - Beedi and Namak in Omkara . He told me about the item song in No Smoking at the IIFA (International Indian Film Academy awards) in Yorkshire. After what the Omkara numbers did to my stage presence, I promptly said yes to Vishal."

What about the danger of being branded an item girl?

"When have I cared about my image?" Bipasha shrugged. "And besides I've full faith in the intelligence of the film industry, also my audiences. By now they know what I'm capable of, and it's not just items."

Bipasha is now looking forward to shaking a leg with John for No Smoking .

"Though we've done songs before, John and I have never done this kind of sizzling number before. Vishal has pulled out all stops in the composition."

Bipasha is sure the number will be a rage.

"John and I will have fun dancing to it. I love the tune. Hopefully, it'll be another number to bring the house down at my stage concerts."

The duo will be seen together after a long time in Vivek Agnihotri's Goal .

Bipasha lashes out again

Bipasha Basu isn't enjoying the way her relationship with John Abraham is being linked to her absence in the new commercial, the brand they both endorse.

"People can say what they like. They do that anyway, no matter what explanations we give. John and I are not answerable to anyone," Bipasha said.

Regarding the speculation about John doing the shampoo ad with another model, Bipasha said: "When we signed the contract for the shampoo we didn't even know we'd be doing any of their ads together."

Bipasha and John, who will be seen together in "Goal" after a long gap, signed their contracts separately.

"And my association with that brand of shampoo continues. At this point of time John and I are advertising different brands of shampoo. So the question of me being replaced in the new ad doesn't arise.

"People can continue to speculate as much as they like. It doesn't bother me."

In fact, the loose talk about the status of her relationship with John has begun to annoy her.

"Let them say what they like. My life is mine alone. I'm answerable only to myself, my family and my close friends. Beyond that, does it really matter?

"What I'm doing in my personal life shouldn't be of any consequence to anyone except me. I mean no harm to anyone. So why harm me with such endless speculation?"

The gossipmongers have been going to town with the now-off-now-on observations.

"Precious news space shouldn't be wasted on such trivia. There's so much more worth writing about. From now I won't discuss my private life in print."

Bipasha denies the lip lock with Ronaldo

This is what Bipasha had to say about her and Ronaldo’s lip lock news, “All the joy of that meeting with my favorite footballer has evaporated. For God’s sake, that photograph just cannot be taken seriously! Is that how newspapers define a lip-lock? I’m horrified. Suddenly, because of that photograph, I am internationally famous. But do I want fame at this cost? The photograph is not doctored, obviously somebody clicked us on a cellphone, but we were just dancing in a crowded disco. This is not a kiss! I cannot even say I was drunk and don’t know when and how this happened. Ronaldo had leaned over to say something in my ear, and the camera caught him at that inopportune moment, that’s what this is. I don’t need to explain my behaviour. I’m a free-spirited person. But I’m not footloose. It takes me a long time to become close to anyone. I’m certainly not some giddy-headed teenager who would get so carried away in Ronaldo’s company that I’d kiss him in public. Even if I was single, I would not get carried away at my first meeting with a 22-year-old boy, no matter how big a celebrity he is, to misbehave with him in public.”

John Abraham denies split rumors

John has finally reacted to the John-Bips split rumors and said he is “hurt and disturbed” by the wild guesses. The actor called this sheer media animosity towards them and that he is very much in love with Bipasha.
John’s mother has also been very much upset with the wild guesses. Bipasha has responded by making plans to visit John in Pondichery where he is shooting for Kukunoor’s Aashayein on the 27th of this month. Surely this couple is not for the split. Paparazzi should just stop making groundless news for sensationalism.