Deepika Padukone enjoys Goan food

Deepika Padukone is currently shooting for her upcoming movie "Finding Fanny Fernandes " in Goa.

Goa which is frequently visited for its beaches and its food, has caught Deepika's fancy.

The actress is enjoying her stay and has been bingeing on the authentic Goan food. A source informs, "She has been relishing delectable seafood. Deepika is personally going through the menu to get herself the best dish."

Hema Malini comes out with first devotional album

Actress-director-danseuse Hema Malini has always maintained a strong bond with culture and arts. Today sees the release of her maiden album, Soundaryalahiri. Set to tune by Ashit Desai, it has verses chanted by her, Shankar Mahadevan, Suresh Wadkar and Desai.

"I've always been fascinated with the sacred verses of this text written by Adi Shankaracharya. Since I'm a dancer, we're familiar with the Sanskrit texts, as we automatically learn them during rehearsals. This album is my offering to the divine mother Tripurasundari," says Hema, who has been thinking about this idea for the last two years.

She adds, "I've learnt music since this is a part and parcel of growing up in a traditional Tamil Brahmin family. In fact, I've even given three exams in music when I was young. While families in South India are familiar with Soundaryalahari, I wanted others to know of it too."
The album will have an introduction by Amitabh Bachchan. And, Hema says, her new offering can be used for meditation as well. "I've chanted some of the verses, while the others have been gracious enough to accept my offer and chant the rest," she adds.

Quiz her about the reaction to the album from her family and she says, "They all got to hear it. In fact, Dharamji was pleasantly surprised and asked me how I spoke such fluent Sanskrit. He is very supportive." She says many spiritual leaders, too, have been appreciative about her album. "When Sri Sri Ravishankar and Giri Maharaj got to know of this, they said that it is a privilege for someone to chant Soundaryalahari," she adds.

As for whether she plans to come out with more devotional albums, she says, "I've nothing planned. As of now, I just want people to listen to this one."

Soundaryalahari is available on Times Music across all major music and retail stores. Digital downloads also available on music websites.

Doctors told me that I can’t perform action scenes: Hrithik

People in Indore were overwhelmed to see Hrithik Roshan, who was in the neighbouring city on Monday to promote his upcoming flick Krrish 3.

Hrithik had come along with his director-producer dad Rakesh Roshan. While the fans were excited just to catch a glimpse of him, the kids couldn't contain the urge to shake hands with him. The hall was choc a bloc with people, who cheered loudly in response when the actor asked, "Kaise hain ap?"

The father-son duo then talked about the movie and about the qualities that make a superhero. "I believe that there is a superhero in everyone's heart. Hum sab mein ek superhero hai. We just have to be good to others. That is what a superhero does. He helps others. You don't need to jump from skyscrapers and fly to be one," remarked Hrithik, to which Rakesh roshan agreed.

The actor, who plays a superhero in the film, went through a difficult time while shooting, when he was diagnosed with a double slipped disc and was asked to rest. "I was told by my doctors that I can't perform the action scenes. But I continued shooting. This is what the movie has taught me - to be strong, confident and positive. We should never give up, and continue to strive for what we want. Krissh- 3 has had a great impact in my life and it surely will appeal to other people," he added.

The flick has Hrithik portraying double roles. On being asked if it was difficult for him to play the characters, Hrithik said, "Rohit and Krrish are two extreme spectrums of my life. It has not been that tough, but yes,I did go the extra mile to bring life to both the characters."

Both were all praise for vivek oberi who plays role of Kaal in the movie. "Vivek is a very sincere actor who has portrayed the character very well. No one could have done it better than him," said Hrithik. Overwhelmed by the grand welcome in Indore, Hrithik thanked the people for coming and apologised that he couldn't respond to all the questions because of the time constraints. "Sorry, I can not talk more now. Thank you very much," waved Hrithik and signed off.

Ajay Devgn- Rohit Shetty team up for 'Singham 2'

After the success of 'Chennai Express', rumours were rife that all is not well between Rohit Shetty and his favourite leading man Ajay Devgn. Though the twosome had delivered hits like the 'Golmaal' series and 'Singham', Rohit's record-breaking collaboration with Shah Rukh Khan had set tongues wagging, casting doubts over the future of 'Singham 2'.

But the hit-making duo is collaborating again. On Tuesday, they made the decision to coproduce the sequel to 'Singham'. The first instalment was produced by Reliance Entertainment and Ajay Devgn with Rohit in the director's chair but now the filmmaker is producing the sequel with Ajay who will also topline the cast. The female lead is yet to be decided.

A source close to the development told TOI, "The corporate house in question will merely present the film. Ajay and Rohit share a great relationship and this takes it one step further."

Buzz suggested that Rohit was not keen to collaborate with the corporate house and was planning to produce the film himself with a new moniker Bajirao. Added the source, "Rohit had creative differences with the corporate house the first time around and this time he made it clear to them that he did not want any interference. Ajay had to step in that time to play peacemaker. Now, Ajay and Rohit can do it their way."

Whether the film will release as 'Singham 2' or a new name remains to be seen.

Kajol’s bangles stolen on Karvachauth found

Two persons were arrested on Monday night for stealing 17 gold bangles from Kajol and Ajay Devgn's Juhu bungalow on October 19. The jewellery, worth Rs 5 lakh, has also been recovered. The Juhu police, who made the arrests, said the accused were identified as Gayatri Devendra (22) and Santosh Pandey (33). Reportedly, the two had been doing the cleaning work outside the bungalow for the last two to three years.

The Devgn family hired them for a few days for cleaning the house for Karvachauth celebrations. The bangles were stolen on October 19, but it wasn't till three days later that Kajol discovered the 17 pieces missing from a drawer while getting ready for the celebrations. She told the police that she had used some articles from the same jewellery box on October 15, and the bangles were there