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on 2008/1/10 2:57:13
January
# Veteran actor Anupam Kher bagged a prominent role in Ang Lee's Lust, Caution.
# Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai announced their engagement days after attending the gala premiere of Mani Ratnam's Guru in Toronto, Canada. The ceremony was held at the Bachchan residence in Mumbai.
# Deepa Mehta's final film trilogy, Water, bagged a nomination for the Oscars in the Best Foreign Film Category.
# Shah Rukh Khan took over from Amitabh Bachchan as the new host of the game show Kaun Banega Crorepati (India's version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?).
# Akshaye Khanna was in Durban shooting for Abbas-Mustan's Race.
February
# Shilpa Shetty emerged as the winner of the UK TV reality show, Celebrity Big Brother, taking home £367 500 (R5,1-million). However, allegations of racism by housemates Jo O'Meara, Jade Goody and Danielle Lloyd unquestionably helped pave the way for her victory.
# Kangana Ranaut and Upen Patel were at Emperors Palace in Joburg shooting scenes for Suneel Darshan's musical Shakalaka Boom Boom.
# The Max Stardust awards ceremony was held at the Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai and singer Adnan Sami, who has lost a lot of weight, was greeted by a loud applause from the audience when he arrived on stage for The New Musical Sensation - Male award.
# Saif Ali Khan was hospitalised after experiencing severe chest pains.
March
# Hemant Hegde announced his plans to make his directorial debut with Khanna & Iyer, a low-budget comedy.
# Vipul Amrutlal Shah's romance, Namastey London, starring Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif , enjoyed a strong opening at the box office.
April
# Salman Khan was chosen as the brand ambassador for Reliance Entertainment's video games, which are modeled on the films and lives of Bollywood stars.
# Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai finally tied the knot in an intimate ceremony at the Bachchan residence.
# Rang De Basanti won the Best Film, Best Director and Best Cinematography awards at the Zee Cine Awards in Malaysia. Other big winners were Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (Best Art Direction, Best Publicity Design, Best Film Processing, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Playback Singer - Female), Krrish (Best Actor, Best Background Music and Best Visual Effects), and Omkara (Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Popular Track, Best Choreographer, Best Costumes and Best Song Recording.
# Shilpa Shetty's public display of affection with Hollywood actor Richard Gere, who kissed her, didn't go down well with her fans - they started burning effigies of her. The actors were promoting Aids awareness at the time.
May
# Ajay Devgan announced his foray into directing with Main Tum Aur Hum under his home banner, Devgan films.
# It was announced that Aftab Shivdasani would be making his first IIFA appearance on stage at the upcoming awards ceremony.
# The model-turned-actor John Abraham landed his first Hollywood project, Luna, opposite Rachel Weisz.
# Narendra and Shyam Bajaj's The Train was chosen as IIFA's premier movie
# Ajith and Shalini revealed that they were expecting their first child.
June
# SA's first Bollywood movie, Hip Hop to Bollywood, was released on the big screen.
# The filming of Azhagiya Tamiz Magan was brought to a standstill after a case was filed against SK Jeeva, the film's writer, by his former associate, Raja
. Apparently, Jeeva and Raja co-wrote the story, but he wasn't credited for it.
# Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra was pleased when Rang De Basanti bagged several of the awards at the eighth International Indian Film Academy. It won Best Movie, Best Screenplay, Best Actress in a Supporting Role and Best Music Direction. Raj Kumar Hirani didn't walk away empty handed - Lage Raho Munnabhai won Best Director, Best Dialogue and Best Actor in a Supporting Role. The Best Actor honours went to Hrithik Roshan for Krrish.
# South Indian superstar Rajini-kanth's film Sivaji: The Boss did roaring trade at the box-office in its opening weekend.
July
# Director Kunal Kohli (Mujhe Dosti Karoge and Hum Tum) received a Navbharat Times's Udaan award for promoting the Hindi language in Fanaa.
# Sivaji: the Boss finally released on the big screen in South Africa, much to the delight of Rajinikanth fans.
# Sanjay Dutt was sentenced to six years' imprisonment for the illegal possession of firearms acquired from terrorist acquaintances that were responsible for the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts.
# Anil Kapoor flew to South Africa to promote his latest film, Gandhi My Father, at Nu Metro Montecasino in Johannesburg.
August
# King of Bollywood: Shah Rukh Khan and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema, Anupama Chopra's book on iconic actor Shah Rukh Khan, was launched by Warner Books in the US.
# Srikanth put an end to the endless speculation on his relationship with Vandana and announced their plans to wed.
September
# LThe film industry was left reeling at the passing of filmmaker-scriptwriter Shahrukh Mirza.
# Tinseltown was buzzing with talk of a new celebrity romance - Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan. The actors were reportedly inseparable since working on Tashan.
October
# Ghazal maestro Jagjit Singh suffered a near stroke.
# Aashish Chowdhary landed a three-film deal with Suniel Shetty's Popkorn Entertainment.
# Aamir Khan launched his own website: www.aamirkhan.com
# Deepa Mehta and Ravi Chopra joined forces to co-produce Mehta's first Punjabi film, Heaven on Earth.
# Anupam Kher, Shreya Saran and Tara Sharma were signed on to star in James Dodson's The Other End of the Line opposite Jesse Metcalfe, Larry Miller and Sara Foster.
November
# Sanjay Leela Bhansali's cinematic masterpiece Saawariya, starring unrelated star kids Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor, clashed with Farah Khan's Om Shanti Om , featuring Shah Rukh Khan alongside newcomer Deepika Padukone, at the box office. OSO got the thumbs up, though.
# Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor's Jab We Met was well-received at the box office. Unfortunately, the two had broken up by then.
# Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra wasted little time in signing Sonam Kapoor for his next film, Delhi 6.
December
# Madhuri Dixit-Nene made a spectacular return to the silver screen with Yash Raj Films' Aaja Nachle
# Anil Kapoor made headlines for turning designer in Anees Bazmee's comedy Welcome. However, someone forgot to tell him that merely picking out his character's wardrobe doesn't exactly propel him to the same league as the Manish Maholtras and Tarun Tahilianis.
# Aamir Khan marked his foray into directing with Taare Zameen Par.
