The Hot Bods of TV: Small screen's glam girls who can burn the silver screen

We bring you small screen's hottest faces that can burn up the silver screen as well

Many television actors are making their foray into Bollywood this year and the list includes names such as Siddharth Shukla (Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya), Jay Bhanushali (Hate Story 2) and Karan Singh Grover (Alone). And while it's great that these youngsters are getting a chance to wow audiences with their big screenhistrionics, it seems that Bollywood filmmakers have turned a blind eye to several TV actresses who have it in them to become film stars.

Nigaar Khan set to marry a Pakistani businessman?

While Gauahar Khan, who is currently dating actor Kushal Tandon, is open about her personal life, but sister Nigaar Z Khan prefers to keep hers' closely guarded. Sources say the actress is dating a Pakistani national, currently based in Dubai, and the two are planning to tie the knot sometime soon,reports The Times of India. 

Finally, destiny gets benevolent on Huma?

Most actresses nowadays land up with endorsement deals as soon as their first filmreleases. But Gangs of Wasseypur and Dedh Ishqiya actress Huma Qureshi did not exactly get such offers.

Now, buzz is that she has become the face of a cosmetics brand. Which is interesting, considering the fact that actresses who arrived on the scene after Qureshi have bagged lucrative ad deals.

Swara excited to play mother?

Actress Swara Bhaskar, who chooses versatile roles in Hindi filmdom, will now be seen playing a mother of a 13-year-old girl in "Nil Battey Sannata". She is thrilled about it.

"I am very thrilled about playing a mother of a 13-year-old child. It's a very challenging role and I am very excited about it," Swara told IANS.

The reason for her immense excitement?

"I'm actually playing the role of woman in an age group which is elder than me. It's a challenging part and I didn't want to refuse it on the basis of fear of playing a mother," she added.

The film is to be directed by filmmaker Nitesh Tiwari's wife Ashwini Iyer Tiwari, and the "Raanjhanaa" actress began shooting for it Saturday.

"A major portion of the film will be shot in Agra. It's a lovely film which is presented by Nitesh Tiwari. He has written the script and his wife is directing it," she said.

Against doctor`s advise, Amitabh performs dangerous stunts for TV serial

Amitabh Bachchan's fiction debut on television with the series 'Yudh' just got a lot more dangerous. Apparently, the actor has defied medical orders to perform some forbidden stunts with a body rig reports the Indian Express.

It's been 30 years since the Big B wore a body rig for any of his stunts in a film. After the accident on the sets of 'Coolie' in 1982 and the beating that his body took, the mega-star was forbidden from wearing the heavy body rigs required for cinematic stunts.

Saif, Riteish make Sajid dance to their tunes

Saif Ali Khan and Riteish Deshmukh have forced 'Humshakals' director Sajid Khan to match steps with them in a track in the film.

While shooting for the song Hum Paagal Nahi they made merry and made Sajid get jiggy to one antara with them and also made sure that it was filmed.

The unit was in splits seeing the actors calling the shots and making the director dance to their tunes. This song sequence will be shown during the end credits which was Saif's brainwave.

Sanjay Dutt `weded` to controversies

Controversy's favourite child: In an interview to Simi Garewal some time back, actor Sanjay Dutt had said that he does not remember any phase in his life where there were no problems. From drugs to alleged connection with the underworld to court cases, Sanjay Dutt's life has been mired with controversies. Hailing from a blue blood family of the film industry- the son of superstars Sunil Dutt and Nargis - Sanjay Dutt is known more for his controversies than his career. Let us take a recap at some of the controversies related to the actor reports the Times of India.