Riddhima Kapoor, daughter of well known Bollywood actors Neetu and Rishi Kapoor who chose not to follow in the footsteps of her family, has turned into a designer and launched her label for women's clothing called 'ARA'. "My collection makes a girl look hot. It is sensual but, at the same time, it's not at all vulgar. You just have to be yourself in these clothes," Riddhima, who is married to a Delhi-based businessman, said at an event on Wednesday. The collection was unveiled in "In Focus" celebrity theme at the F-Bar and Lounge. In Focus, an innovative concept that is conducted once a week, applauds the accomplishments and talents of achievers and upcoming talents from the field of fashion. Not many know that ARA, which means an ornament in Persian, is a six-month-old brand. Riddhima started the label with her friend Devyani just as a hobby and there was no official launch. But they had a set clientele and were very happy catering to them till they realised that the popularity of their range was going places. "We noted that a lot of people were wearing our brand. That gave us the idea to launch the brand officially and we were waiting for a nice platform to showcase our collection," Riddhima said. "Earlier, we used to showcase our collection to our specific clientele as 'Ladies day out'. There was no media involvement in it," she added. Talking about the designs, she said: "We have used lots of sequins and our tops can be teamed up with lowers, skirts or trousers." With Rakshabandhan round the corner, what are her plans for the occasion? "I will be in Delhi as Ranbir is busy promoting his upcoming movie - Bachna Ae Haseeno. I will send a rakhi to him along with a special gift," she said. Asked about her brother's girlfriend Deepika Padukone, Riddhima chose right words for the couple. "They look good on screen but I can't say much about their off screen chemistry. All I can say is that Deepika is a nice girl."

Kidnap is special for three reasons. It's Sanjay Dutt's first major release this year and Imran Khan's next release after the blockbuster hit Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na. The movie is also Sanjay Gadhvi's immediate release after Dhoom 2. The first promo of Kidnap, which will hit the screens with the prints of Singh is Kinng this Friday, looks astounding. The trailer packs in a lot in its nearly three minutes of runtime. It has the edge of the seat feel, beautiful locations, rapid action, hot actors and most importantly, the confrontation between a boy and a man. Watch Imran fearlessly take on Sanjay Dutt head on, after the newcomer has kidnapped his daughter, Minissha Lamba. Imran challenges Sanjay, 'everything you do - eating, sleeping, walking, talking - will be decided by me.' To which Sanju retorts, 'Go to hell.' From there the promo takes you on an action-packed ride with Sanju searching for his daughter relentlessly and Imran ending it all with, 'hell is already here'. Imran Khan looks dashing in the new avatar (and with a tattoo on his neck). The role is a complete contrast from his debut film and he looks menacing on-screen.

Ace director Priyadarsan has lashed out at P.Vasu directed 'Kuselan' and says that the 'essence of the original Malayalam film Katha Parayumbol is missing in the Tamil version'. Priyan who is shooting for Billoo Barber the Hindi version of Katha Parayumbol in Pollachi says he will strictly adhere to the original version. Priyan feels that Vasu messed it up by giving more importance to Rajinikanth's superstar character and playing down the protagonist played by Pasupathy. "The trouble with Kuselan is that it was made out to be a larger than life Rajinikanth film which it was not, and the focus of the story shifted from Pasupathy, done brilliantly by Sreenivasan in the original and introduction of characters that were not there in the original like Nayanthara, Vadivel and Sona." Priyan says that in Billoo Barber, SRK will appear only towards the climax of the film. "My hero is Irfan Khan, who plays the role of Sreenivasan in the original. I have not tried to heighten the impact of SRK nor tried to glorify him. Like in the original he will appear only towards the climax."

Vasundhara Das who had made an impressive debut opposite Mohanlal in that blockbuster Ravanaprabhu and Mammootty in Vajram is back in Mollywood. Now, she is back playing the female interest of Suresh Gopi in a film titled Boss directed by Nissar. The film is produced by Shajahan under the banner of Royal Arts. The cast also has Jagathy Innocent, Vijayaraghavan, Harisri Asokan and Salim Kumar. Salu George is the cameraman. Vasundhara plays Pooja a Kollywood actress in the film (Incidentally she played an actress in Mammootty’s Vajram) is forced to enter the life of the biggest goonda of the area, where group war is going on.

Finally all the stars required for the shoot of AMMA's Twenty:20 assembled in Kochi for the crucial climax scene of the film. The six-day climax is happening at Premier Cable’s godown in Karikutty, near Angamali from Monday (August 4). Joshy the director of the film has the entire male star cast of the film led by the superstars Mammootty, Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi, Dileep, Jayaram, Siddique, Manoj.K. Jayan and 17 other artists for the climax fight. The action scenes are being supervised by Stun Shiva the noted stunt master. A five camera set-up is being used by cameraman P.Sukumar, for the action scenes and a long car chase scene. Says Joshy: "It will be the most stunning and spectacular climax scene shot in Malayalam cinema"

Controversies and censor scissors go where Sherlyn Chopra goes. Barely has her music video for 'Dard' come on air that Sherlyn is in the thick of things again. Censors have objected to her holds-no-bar skin show and chopped off number of shots from the video. This is what audience would be missing in the edited video which is now being beamed on air:

After an intense waiting from her lakhs of fans in the state, Namitha, the glamour queen of the South is finally going to speak Malayalam on screen. She will foray into Mollywood donning the female lead in the new film by Pramod Pappan titled 'Black Stallion'. The movie will have Kalabhavan Mani in the lead with support from Bala in an important role. It is rumored that Namitha has been offered a twenty five lakh as remuneration, the highest ever for a Mollywood heroine, for her first outing in Mollywood. The movie which is expected to start by the second week of October will be scripted by Rajesh Jayaraman. ‘Black Stallion’ will be produced by Jagadheesh Chandran in the banner of Kichu Films.

Mammootty has made a major change in his shoot schedules by agreeing to start his new film with Rafi Mecartin, at an earlier date. The movie project titled 'Love In Singapore' is likely to start by the first week of October, as per his present plans. This means that Johnny Antony's ‘Pattanathil Bhootham' is likely to start only by the first week of December. Mammootty in the next four months to December will complete all his pending films like ‘Mayabazaar’, ‘Twenty Twenty’,’Vande Matharam’, ‘Kutty Shranku’ and ‘Pazhassi Raja’, before starting 'Pattanathil Bhootham'. If last minutes delays in the shoot of these films occur, then ‘Love In Singapore' will also get delayed to start. Directed by Rafi Mecartin, the super hit directors of Mollywood in their own scripts 'Love In Singapore’ will present Mammootty as ‘Aakry Machu' - a man who cuised to the lanes of financial heights starting his life as a scrap dealer.The makers are planning to introduce a villain and a new heroine through this movie. 'Love In Singapore' which will also feature Suraj Venjaramoodu, Salimkumar, Harishree Ashokan, Rajan P Dev, Lalu Alex, and Nedumudi Venu will be shot at Kochy and Karakudi. Some parts of the movie will also be shot at Singapore. Love in Singapore' to be produced in the banner of M H M productions will be one of the first releases of Mammootty in the early months of January 2009, brought to the theatres by Vaishakha Release.

Actor with high patriotic fervor Manoj Kumar is experiencing two different moods in his life currently one with an award and with a dishonor. Madhya Pradesh government has decided to constitute an award in his name which carries cash component of Rs one lakh. The government also willing to propose the actor's name to Bharath Rathna award. Manoj Kumar has been conferred with National Kishore Kumar Award by the government recently. While presenting the award state cultural minister Laxmikant Sharma said that the award in the actors name consist with cash reward of Rs 2,00,000. Manoj Kumar seems to be hurt with the promotion of Om Shanthi Om TV premiere. In August when the film was released immediately objections were raised by the actor regarding the way he has been portrayed by Sharukh Khan and Farah Khan. The actor has approached the court in Dindoshi Court Goregaon to either delete the scenes or stop the premiere. He was angered by the non-response form the opponent side after repeated request have been made.

So what if his films are presently not able to hit the intended targets, there is always a reason for Ram Gopal Varma to get contented with. His film 'Sarkar Raj' has been selected to be kept in the archives of the prestigious Academy of Motion Pictures library. The colossal library has in its collection 60,000 screenplays, 32,000 books, 1800 periodical titles, 8 million photographs and 300 manuscripts. The collection also includes personal collection of some famous film makers and vintage film related materials from film studios, sheet music, sound recordings, artifacts, costume sketches, and famous music scores. From Indian film Industry films like 'Lagaan', 'Devdas' and 'Kal Ho Na Ho' have previously found a place in Academy of Motion Pictures Library.

After the bio-pic on rationalist leader ‘Periyar’ by director Gnanarajasekaran which featured Sathyaraj in the lead role, acclaimed cinematographer and director Velu Prabhakaran and lyricist Snehan are coming together to produce a movie on Periyar again. The rumors are that the movie titled ‘Naveena Periyar’ (Modern Periyar) is about the principles and thoughts of the great leader. It is reported that it is fictional and would feature the ills prevailing in today's society. What if Periyar comes alive today? Forms the crux of the movie. Search is on for the star cast. Shooting would commence very soon.