Lara Dutta announced her marriage date.

Lara Dutta is ready to walk down the aisle and take wedding vows with her boyfriend and fiancé Mahesh Bhupathi.

It would well nigh be a Valentine wedding for Mahesh and Lara, for February 19 has reported been finalized as the day when the two shall become man and wife.

The couple is said to be planning a wedding in Goa. A five-star hotel will be the wedding venue.

It’s been more than a year since Lara and Mahesh began dating. Before that she was in a long relationship with Kelly Dorjee and had a very brief fling with Dino Morea. Tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi, on the other hand, has been married once. He recently divorced his wife Shweta Jaishankar.

We hear that after the marriage, Lara will move into Mahesh’s new apartment in Pali Hill.

Vidya Balan invited megastar Amitabh Bachchan to her Movie

Bollywood actress Vidya Balan invited megastar Amitabh Bachchan for the screening of her new film No One Killed Jessica, which is releasing Friday.

’Vidya Balan called us over to the screening of her latest film No One Killed Jessica, a strong film based on the real life incident of the Jessica Lall murder in a club in Delhi and the legal and police to and fros, before her family got justice, by punishing the killer, the son of a renowned and powerful politician,’ Amitabh wrote on his blog bigb.bigadda.com.

The actor, who has just returned from Goa after a family vacation, was all praises for the performances in the film and added he was delighted to meet Rani Mukerji who is also playing a pivotal role in the movie after a long time.

’The performances living up to the title and story of the film. Meeting Rani after so long was a joy. And Vidya is just so graceful as always. My best wishes to them all for the film. It has been creating quite a buzz,’ he added.

Haji Kaleemullah named Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as Guava Fruit

Well, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan does own the sweetest and the prettiest face in Bollywood. So, it did not come as a surprise when grafting expert and Padmashree horticulturist Haji Kaleemullah Khan decided to name his new discovery, a sweeter variety of guava after this actress. The fruit resembles an apple in texture and is sweeter in smell and has more pulp with softer seeds.

“The new variety of guava is very different in taste, smell and look from the traditional and normal varieties grown in the country,” Kaleemullah told adding, “It took almost eight years to develop this unique variety of guava and no chemical fertiliser or pesticide was used in developing the same.”

“All measures were taken to ensure that the product is free from any possible side effect which chemical fertilizer or pesticide may have on fruits. One can get as many as 72 fruits on a 3.7 foot long tree”, Kaleemullah said.

In fact, Kaleemullah used Neem Oil as a pesticide to keep this unique guava free of any chemicals. Kaleemullah is known for growing unique variety of fruits especially mangoes. This Lucknow-based agriculturist has no formal qualification in agriculture but has immense knowledge on the subject. In May last year, the 70-year-old Khan grafted a new variety of mango, which he named after batsman Sachin Tendulkar.

“I am a 7th standard dropout and have been looking after the family business since 1957. My family’s record in this business goes back to 150 years. I am more interested in developing different varieties on a single tree and began the multiple grafting process,” he said.

Kaleemullah won the Padmashree for growing more than 300 varieties of mangoes of different shapes and sizes on one tree. The tree is about 100 years old and he started working on it in 1987 to develop the craft of growing different varieties on one tree.

Anusha is moving out of YRF

The reason after doing three films with Yash Raj banner - RAB NE BANA DI JODI , BADMAASH COMPANY and BAND BAAJA BAARAAT, Anusha is moving out of the secure environs of YRF with her upcoming film PATIALA HOUSE.

Anushka has her feet firmly placed on the ground and has also managed to find a foothold in B-Town with her three film deal with YRF. Going by this fact, this outing on her own should not be a difficult thing to handle.

But, we have digged out the real story. According to our sources, "Anushka is feeling insecure after venturing out of YRF. Though PATIALA HOUSE might have everything going for it, but the fact that Anushka is without any mentor or the backing of a big banner is clearly visible in the glint of her eyes. No matter how hard she tries to put a brave face, insecurity remains a reality of her present life."

Anushka might be without a godfather in her upcoming film, but the fact that her talent has guided her in the past remains her best bet this time around too.

2011 is going to be a busy year for the Katrina Kaif

Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif has been doing consistently well since she entered Bollywood in 2003. She has been belting out hit films year after year, and 2010 was no exception with Raajneeti earning her lots of accolades. Going by the projects she has in her kitty, 2011 is going to be a busy year for the actress.

Katrina is looking forward to the release of Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara with Hrithik Roshan and Mere Brother Ki Dulhan with Imran Khan. Then she has director Prakash Jha’s Satsang, where she plays a character seeking spiritual rejuvenation in India. After that, she has a film with Abhishek Bachchan
to be directed by Rajkumar Santoshi.

Happy Birthday to Deepika Padukone.

Deepika Padukone, the dusky beauty from Bangalore, turns 25 today.The gorgeous Capricornian is on a backpacking trip through Europe along with her boyfriend Siddharth Mallya. The duo left for London to ring in 2011.

2010 was an eventful year for Deepika with as many as five releases: Karthik Calling Karthik, Housefull, Lafangey Parindey, Break Ke Baad and Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey. Sadly, only one of the five did good business at theatres, but Deepika says she had something to learn from every film.

But more admirable than anything is how she came to terms with her break-up from Ranbir Kapoor. Rather than being depressed, she immersed herself in work and made new friends, including Siddharth Mallya. Their budding friendship was to be seen during the IPL, when she cheered for Mallya’s team Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Later in the year, Deepika also sparked a controversy by saying on Koffee With Karan that her ex beau Ranbir should endorse a condom brand.

This year, she is looking at a few interesting roles, including one in Prakash Jha’s Aarakshan.

My career is already made, Nobody can make or break my career:Rani Mukerjee.

She maybe hurt following talk about the end of her career, but Bollywood actress Rani Mukherjee says such predictions will not break her.

"I feel bad when people say that Rani Mukerjee is finished. My career is already made. Nobody can make or break my career," the actress says.

"It is my fans who decided to make me a star. The only thing that will break me is when the love of my audience won’t be there with me and the fact that they don’t want to see me in films," she adds.

The 32-year-old Bengali beauty says being an actor she has the "huge responsibility" to entertain the audience with her every film.

"As they (audience) love me so much the least I can do for them is to do a role that is drastically different from my previous film. I want my audience to see a new and different Rani all the time. In my last film (Dil Bole Haddipa) I was a Sardar boy and in No One Killed Jessica I am a journalist," she says.

Rani, who craves for exciting and different roles, says actors are beggars who wait for good scripts.

"Every year I want to come with two-three films. I hope I get offers for roles that are exciting enough like the one in No One Killed Jessica or the one that I am doing in Aamir’s film," she says.

Directed by Rajkumar Gupta, the No One killed Jessica is based on the murder case of model Jessica Lal who was shot dead in 1999 by Manu Sharma, son of a Haryana politician, in a Delhi night club.

The film, which releases on January 7, also features Vidya Balan as Jessica’s sister Sabrina, who fought to get justice for her sister.