Never a nervous moment for Gul Panag

Gul Panag seems to be settling into Bollywood with the same ease with which she settled down in her swanky new home a couple of weeks ago. And she’s learnt to say ‘no’. Ask her to say or do anything that she doesn’t want to, and she dimples prettily, smiles and puts her foot down.

“You’ve got to learn to do this. There’s no limit to the kind of things people make you do or want from you otherwise,” she says. But then, this is one lesson that must have come easy to Gul who likes to weigh her choices before getting into something.

For someone who’s stepped into Bollywood very cautiously, this Delhi gal, a former Miss India-Universe (1999) has done some good movies in a short span of time.

“Well, there was never any nervousness or diffidence even when I did my first take. I was pretty sure of what I wanted to do. And then, my goals are different,” says Gul.

Then she suddenly says, “The AC isn’t working? Are you also feeling hot, or am I the only one?”

Looking at her in an off-shoulder evening gown, her shoulders all air-brushed bronze, one tells her who’s hot in the room at that moment. “Thank you,” she smiles. “But I’d rather be the talent that’s not dependent on looks to deliver. It’s the intellect that sustains you, not beauty.”

Going back to her statement on goals, does she mean that walking the ramp is completely out for her? “I can’t say that. But there’s so much to do in cinema. I have been given the opportunity, I’d like to explore my potential.”

From there on, the talk veers to the butterfly tattoo she got done when in the US. “I guess tattoos are no longer a haute fashion statement, but I wanted one anyways,” she says.

So, she follows her heart, does she? “And my mind,” she adds.

Nisha Kothari covers up her sexy image

Did any one miss what Nisha Kothari tried to communicate Bollywood with all of her Ram Gopal Varma films? The blue-eyed girl had made sure that she was considered bold and sexy. But recently the actress was found putting up a different tone to her image. When the press came to snap her pictures on the sets of Ramu’s next ‘Go’. She asked the press to wait and went to change the mini skirt which she was wearing and came out in something ‘less revealing’- a red jacket and a denim Capri. That’s when the sudden change dawned on the press. Well…good way to make a statement.

Rakhi Sawant’s got a garland of chappals for Mikka

The Rakhi Sawant-Mika kiss controversy rages on like a forest fire, with the latest spark being ignited by the so-called victim Rakhi Sawant herself. In what she calls her revenge against Mikka and the meet brothers, musicians Harmeet and Manmeet Gulzar, for their song Bhai Tune Pappi Kyon Li? Rakhi has decided to answer back with her version of the incident with the help of a song, complete with a music video starring herself and look-alike of Mika.

“Inth Ka Jawab Patthar se doongi, this song is my way of getting back to them,” she says. “I will soon be shooting the music video where I will be honouring Mika’s character with a garland of Chappals. I won’t rest until I shame that man.” But hadn’t the two made up recently? “yes, we did. Mika apologised to me on a recent TV show which I accepted. And then he goes and does this song. He truly is a sick person,” fumes Rakhi Sawant. “I don’t care if poeple see all this as a publicity stunt. If Mikka is planning to make money from the incident, then why should I be left behind?”

Shilpa shetty

The tall and dusky actress with sexy curves, Shilpa Shetty has a great concern for her wonderful figure. It is said that fitness and figure are the top most things on her agenda. No matter what may happen, the Big Boss girl does not quit exercise and her other fitness sessions. She may be anywhere on earth but would definitely take up her fitness regime. One of Shilpa’s friends told the Delhi Times that “her dedication towards her fitness levels is amazing. No matter where she is, Shilpa never misses her exercise regime and is very careful of what she eats also.”