Priyanka Chopra signs global album deal

Leading Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra has signed a deal to record her first music album and will be managed by the man behind US star Lady Gaga, according to music labels.

Universal Music Group and Desi Hits said in a statement on Friday that they had brokered a worldwide recording agreement with the 29 year old and she was already writing and recording the English language pop album.

Her foray into the global music scene, a first for a Hindi-language film star and a sign of an increasingly outward-looking trend in the industry will be overseen by Troy Carter, chief executive of LA-based Atom Factory.

Carter also manages Lady Gaga, the pop culture icon of hits like "Telephone", "Poker Face" and "Born This Way" who is known for her outlandish dress sense.

"It has been a long-cherished dream which is finally coming true. I am truly excited to have an opportunity to present my musical dimension on a world platform," Chopra said.

"This is a fascinating new experience for me and I am thoroughly enjoying the journey".

Desi Hits, set up in 2007 and with offices in New York, London and Mumbai, is a media and entertainment company that specialises in "east-west fusion" and is currently working on bringing Lady Gaga to India.

The company will release Chopra's album in North America through Interscope Geffen A and M Records, part of the Universal Music Group, and in international markets through Island Records UK, the companies said.

No indication was given of the size of the deal. (AFP)

Priyanka, Shahid keeps up appearances, after break-up

After his break-up with Priyanka Chopra, Shahid Kapoor was spotted some days ago with a bunch of friends in Goa. The unshaven actor seems to have taken the split quite badly. A source reveals, "He's definitely down in the dumps but has to keep up a smile when there are cameras around. After Kareena Kapoor, this was his most serious relationship. The fact that it didn't work out, says something about him!" However, despite feeling the blues, Shasha hasn't stopped flirting with new girls. The source adds that he and a couple of his friends were spotted chilling out with a bunch of phirangs.

Priyanka: Don't Blow Kisses At Me, Ranveer, Ranveer blown kisses to Priyanka

Ranveer Singh seems to be getting extra friendly with B-Town heroines. The Band Baaja Baaraat star recently bumped into Priyanka Chopra at an event.

A source caught the newbie blowing flying kisses at Priyanka. She says, "Obviously, Priyanka wasn't amused at the youngster's friendly gesture.

PC retorted, "No baby, I am your senior and you don't do this to seniors," leaving Ranveer dumbstruck.

Shah Rukh's post-Holi party

King Khan held a Holi bash late last evening
PS: It was a colour-free affair

Shah Rukh and Gauri Khan hosted a Holi bash yesterday at their home, Mannat. Held late last evening, it was different as it began at a time when all other Holi parties had ended.

Celebs at Shah Rukh's Holi bash

Says a source, "Having a post-Holi party was Gauri's idea. SRK had been out of town for a long time and a get-together would help him reconnect with friends.

The logic plainly was that Holi parties, though great fun, are too noisy and mess up the garden and house with colours and water."

Another reason was the India-West Indies cricket match in the evening. "SRK and his friends love watching the match together on his huge LCD screen at Mannat."

Adds the source, "Though it was a post-Holi party, guests were served bhaang and jalebi along with a variety of Indian sweets and a lavish dinner. Gauri sent out personal invites."

WHO ATTENDED
The usual suspects: Karan Johar, Hrithik and Sussanne Roshan, Sanjay and Maheep Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor, Rani Mukerji, Aditya Chopra, Chunky and Bhavna Pandey, Kaajal Anand, Rima Jain, Priyanka Chopra, Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao, Farhan and Adhuna Akhtar, Ritesh Sidhwani, Arjun Rampal and Mehr Jesia.

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Income Tax knocks Priyanka's door, finds Shahid

Income Tax officers, who went to raid Priyanka Chopra's home at 7.30 am, were greeted by Shahid Kapoor clad only in his shorts

"If I woke up as Priyanka Chopra one day, I would wonder what I was doing in Shahid Kapoor's bedroom and then walk over to my flat in the next wing," actor Shahid Kapoor had famously said on a popular chat show barely a month ago. Little did he know that the statement would come back to bite him.

I-T officials said that when they first saw Shahid, they thought they had
reached the wrong apartment.

Income Tax officials, who went to Chopra's Versova residence for a raid at 7.30 am yesterday, were in for a surprise when they were greeted not by the sultry siren but by a sleepy Kapoor, who was wearing nothing but shorts.

For a moment, they thought they had raided the wrong sixth floor apartment in Classic Building on Yari Road.  One of the officers disclosed that after rubbing his eyes in shock for a second it occurred to him that Shahid and Priyanka were "great friends".

He said Shahid left the house as soon as he finished getting dressed. "Shahid was very much at Priyanka's house, but he wasn't in the buff and nor did he open the door. She has servants, so why would he open the door? Shahid had spent the night at Priyanka's place and she had come from walking the ramp at a fashion show for Shabana Azmi. The two are trying to spend as much time together before PC starts the promotions for her movie Saat Khoon Maaf," said a source close to Kapoor. "Shocked as we were, we knew we had a raid to carry out and that's precisely what we did. It was meant to be a swift operation and security personnel in the building were not given a chance to warn the actor that we were on the way up," said an I-T official.

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Priyanka Chopra- All About

Priyanka Chopra Biography

Born:

Jamshedpur, Jharkand, India, July 18, 1982

Years active:

2001 – present

Awards:

Filmfare Awards; Best Female Debut, Andaaz (2004), Best Villain, Aitraaz (2005)

Priyanka Chopra (born July 18 1982) is an Indian Film actress who works in Bollywood movies, and former Miss World.

After winning the title of Miss India World and later becoming Miss World 2000, Chopra made her acting debut with Anil Sharma's The Hero: Love Story of a Spy (2003). She had her first commercial success with her second release, Andaaz from the same year and won a Filmfare Best Female Debut Award for her performance in the film. Becoming the second woman to win the Filmfare Best Villain Award for her critically acclaimed performance in Abbas-Mustan's Aitraaz (2004), Chopra later went on to deliver commercial success with films like Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004), Krrish (2006), her biggest commercial success so far, and Don - The Chase Begins Again (2006), establishing herself as a popular actress.

Early life
Chopra studied at St. Maria Goretti in Bareilly, as a young girl and later came to the United States, where she was a student at Newton North High School in Newton, Massachusetts and North Delta Senior Secondary School in North Delta before returning to India to complete high school at Army School (Bareilly). She began college at Jai Hind College in Mumbai but left after winning the Miss World pageant.

Beauty contest winner
Chopra was crowned Miss India World and later Miss World in 2000. In the same year, Lara Dutta and Diya Mirza, both from India, won the Miss Universe and Miss Asia Pacific crowns, in a rare triple.
When she won the Miss World crown, she became the fifth Indian woman to win the title, and the fourth Indian woman to win in a span of seven years.



Acting career
After winning the Miss World title, Chopra became an actress. She first acted in a Tamil film Thamizhan (2002) and then moved on to Bollywood. In 2003, her first Bollywood film, The Hero: Love Story of a Spy released and won her good reviews. Despite being given a below average status, the film went on to become one of the highest grossing films of that year. Her next film, Andaaz opposite Akshay Kumar was a success, earning her a Filmfare Best Female Debut Award and a nomination for Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award.

Her next few films failed to do well at the box office. In 2004, her film, Mujhse Shaadi Karogi released and became the third highest grossing film of that year. Her first negative role in her next release, Aitraaz, a Hindi remake of the Demi Moore-starrer Disclosure won her critical acclaim and earned a Filmfare Best Villain Award. Her role also got her a second nomination for Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award. In the same year, she participated in a world tour aptly titled Temptations 2004 with Bollywood's leading stars, Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukerji and Arjun Rampal.
In 2005, she had many releases, though most did not do well at the box office. In 2006, Chopra starred in two of the most successful films of the year - Krrish and Don - The Chase Begins Again.
Nikhil Advani's multi-starrer, Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute To Love was her first release in 2007. The move failed to do well at the box office. Her most recent release, Big Brother also failed to do well.



Personal life
Born in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand to Ashok Chopra and Madhu Akhauri, both of whom are doctors, Chopra spent parts of her childhood in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, Newton, Massachusetts and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Her mother, a Tamil-Malayali-Kannada-Telugu from Tamil Nadu, comes from a Kayastha Bihari family settled in Jamshedpur, while her father, a Punjabi-Bengali-Marathi, comes from a family of Punjabi origin, settled in Baraeilly. She also has a brother, Siddharth, who is eight years younger than her. Since her father was in the Army, her family frequently moved.

Awards and Honors
Filmfare Awards
Winner

2004: Filmfare Best Female Debut Award; Andaaz 2005: Filmfare Best Villain Award; Aitraaz

Nominated

2004: Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award; Andaaz 2005: Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award; Aitraaz

She is the first actress who was Nominated both for the Best Villain and Best Supporting Actress in a single year at the Filmfare Awards in 2005.Star Screen Awards
Winner

2005: Star Screen Award Best Villain; Aitraaz

Nominated

2004: Star Screen Award Most Promising Newcomer - Female; Andaaz 2005: Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1, along with Akshay Kumar; Aitraaz

Zee Cine Awards
Nominated

2004: Zee Cine Award Best Female Debut; The Hero: Love Story of a Spy & Andaaz 2005: Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role; Aitraaz

International Indian Film Academy Awards
Nominated

2004: IIFA Star Debut; Andaaz 2005: IIFA Best Villain Award; Aitraaz

Stardust Awards
Winner

2004: Stardust Best Supporting Actress Award; The Hero: Love Story of a Spy2005: Stardust Superstar of Tomorrow - Female; Mujhse Shaadi Karogi

Global Indian Film Awards
Winner

2007: GIFA Awards, Windows Live Search & Movie Talkies Most Searched Actress

Bengal Film Journalists Association Awards
Winner

2004, Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards, Best Actress (Hindi Movies); Aitraaz

Other Awards

2007: Star's Sabsey Favorite Kaun Awards Sabsey Tez Sitara 2007: POGO Awards Most Amazing Actress; Krrish 2007: AIFA Awards Best On-Screen Beauty; Krrish

Honors

2006: Style Diva of 2006 2006: Sexiest Asian Women 2007: Kelvinator's Gr8 Women Awards: Contribution to Indian Cinema

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Priyanka Chopra- A Biography

Priyanka Chopra was born on July 18, 1982 in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand in India. She is a successful model as well as an actress. Her nicknames are Sunshine, Mimi, Yanka, Priyucka Cobra. Her father Captain Dr. Ashok Chopra is a doctor and her mother Madhu Akhauri is also a doctor. Priyanka Chopra’s father is a Punjabi-Bengali-Marathi and is originally from Punjab and her mother who is a Tamil-Malayali-Kannada-Telegu, is originally from Tamil Nadu settled in Jamshedpur. Her mother belongs to a Kayastha Bihari family. Her parents are settled in Baraeilly. Priyanka Chopra has got a brother called Siddharth, who is eight years younger to her. In her childhood Priyanka Chopra has shifted to a lot of places as her father was in army. She has spent her childhood in many places such as in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, Newton, Massachusetts and Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Priyanka Chopra studied in St. Maria Goretti School in Bareilly and then from La Martinière in Lucknow and for further education she went to United States and was enrolled as a student of Newton North High School in Newton, Massachusetts and North Delta Senior Secondary School in North Delta. Priyanka returned back to India and completed her high school from Army School in Rae Bareilly. Priyanka Chopra completed her tenth standard in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, and started dreaming of a career as a software Engineer or a Criminal Psychologist. Priyanka Chopra then joined Jai Hind College in Mumbai but soon after she left the college as she had already won the Miss World Pageant. This 5 ft. 7 1/2" actress loves to wear sarees.

Priyanka Chopra won the Miss World Pageant in the year 2000. As a debutant her first film was Anil Sharma's The Hero: Love Story of a Spy(2003). Her second film was Andaaz which was a hit and it was for this film that she won the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award. In 2004 she was cast in the film Aitraaz directed by Abbas-Mustan, where she played a negative role and in turn won the Filmfare Best Villain Award. In the year 2004 she also appeared in films like Plan, Kismat, Asambhav and Mujhse Shadi Karogi. In 2005 there was another series of movies that she came up with including Blackmail, Karam, Waqt: The Race Against Time, Yakeen, Bluffmaster and Barsaat. 2006 was another successful year for Priyanka Chopra as she it was this year that one of her biggest blockbuster movie “Krrish” released. This followed by other movies which were commercially very successful such as Aap Ki Khatir and Don- The Chase Begins Again. Salaame Ishq: A Tribute to Love and Big Brother and big Brother were two films which increased her popularity in the year 2007, but both these movies failed to gain popularity in the box office.

Priyanka Chopra is awaiting three releases at the beginning of the year 2008 which includes Drona, God Tussi Great Ho and Love Story 2050. When she won the Miss world crown in the year 2000 she became the fifth Indian woman to win the Miss World title. Not only this, Priyanka Chopra was the fourth Indian to win this title within a time span of 7 years. In the beginning of her career she was first featured in a Tamil Film called Thamizhan in the year 2002. The Hero: Love Story of a Spy came after this film and became one of the highest earning films of that year. She was nominated as the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for her film Andaaz opposite Akshay Kumar. She was nominated for Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for her acting in the ilm Aitraaz. Priyanka Chopra was the part of the world tour called Temptations 2004 with other big stars of Bollywood like Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta, Arjun Rampal and Rani Mukherji.

Priyanka Chopra likes music and dance. Her hobbies are writing poems, reading short stories especially biographies of various legends. She is an active social worker. She is the only Indian in United States of America to be selected in the National Opus Honor Choir at the state level who does extensive work charity work in U.S.A and India. Priyanka Chopra is also the ambassador for CAF and CII in their literacy program. 

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