May witnessed the row over the Laawaris' 'Apni Toh Jaise Taise' song, The Muslim Public Affairs Council couldn't resist from giving their award to KJo's MNIK for long! While Rahman and Resul Pookutty decided to release their autobiographies, Vidhu Vinod Chopra slamed legal notice on makers of The 4th Idiot, thus, taking away their 'creative' peace! To be invited to be on 'Peschardt's People' was none other than Anupam, Mani Ratnam's honour at the 67th Venice International Film Festival simply left the onlookers numb!
June saw Mumbai Police gearing up to don new uniforms, courtesy Malhotra Manish, Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Retrospective at the Indian Film Festival of London, went onto carve its audience niche! Twitter banned the hottie Sherlyn Chopra from posting images on the site, Home Minister R. R. Patil recommended Red Alert to other ministers, a film that's made on Naxalite. On a sad note, while Saurabh Narang, maker of Vaastu Shastra, went for heavenly abode, Akshay Kumar got roped in as brand ambassador by Canada Tourism Commission, thus paving a new road!
After all this, one saw the beginning of the month of March, The month that saw Bollywood dipped in total starch! With Katrina becoming the new addition to the family of Lux, Sharman Joshi, after endorsing many products, started taking home the mega bucks! While Preity Zinta got dragged the middle of Amrohi family's property issue, Karisma Kapoor, who got blessed with a baby boy, also became a brand ambassador of 'Puretta Tissue'! On one hand, Priyanka Chopra replaced Akki to host 'Fear Factor 3', On the other, Akshay Kumar urged everyone to pay their taxes on time, and become tension free!
With all the excitement and all the frill, let's all step in the month of April... ...a month when Anupam Kher got invited to speak at TED's first conference in Mumbai, It was also the month when Sajid Nadiadwala got underworld threats from 'bhai'! Just as when one thought that cricketers are losing their 'zing', The dude who made national headlines by signing an animation film was none other than Yuvraj Singh!
Now that the year 2010 has 'officially' come to an end, We look back at events, happenings, moves, shakes and many a trend! Kick starting the year...in the 'debutante' month of Jan, was Akshay Kumar, who shot for the costliest ad, thus proving that he is the real 'Thums Up' man! Not to be left behind was Shah Rukh Khan, who created quite a flutter, as he started off the year by announcing his joining 'twitter'! The House of Commons saw the grand wedding reception of Raj Kundra and Shilpa, Whilst choosing their brand ambassador, Colors channel stuck to Big B, the most lovable 'Paa'! While Aamir got mega bucks for Etisalat, SRK got a crater of the moon, Carving Dreams got appointed by Saif Ali Khan to manage his business interest, as he was expected to hit the jackpot soon! While Udit Narayan won the first award of the late Mohammed Rafi, Sonu Nigam sang two songs for Joker, without charging any fee!
The month of February started on a sad note, with Aamir Khan's father Tahir Hussain hanging his life's coat. On the other hand, Kites unreleased promo got leaked out on internet, By signing Tabu to feature in music video, Rashid Ali played a safe bet! Mumbai theatres were attacked and warned not to screen My Name is Khan DDLJ completed its 750 weeks' dream run, a film that starred Kajol and Shah Rukh Khan!
July started off with the crowning of Lara Dutta as the PETA's chosen one, With Deepika Padukone endorsing Nescafe, sipping coffee had become more fun! Imran Khan replaced Akshay Kumar to be the brand ambassador for Levis, By getting invited to be waxed at Madame Tussauds, Hrithik Roshan too joined the company of the famous and wise! While Yash Chopra got conferred with an honorary doctorate by SOAS, U.K., After entertaining for decades, actor Ravi Baswani, to the heavens... made his way.
August kick-started by Salman Khan's news of hosting Bigg Boss 4, Producer Nitin Manmohan's wife not just assaulted him for cheating on her, but also opened many a pore. SRK and Gauri got signed to endorse D'decor, a leading furniture brand, Priyanka Chopra got chosen to be National Ambassador of UNICEF... a news as grand! Tennis ace Leander Paes announced his Bollywood debut with Rajdhani Express, Himesh's decision to launch his international music album was aimed at marking this man's way…out of his present stress! While farmers' families in Vidarbha demanded a ban on Peepli (Live), Dabangg's exclusive merchandise made its makers do a financial jive!
September saw Rahman's CWG Anthem gets thumbs down from organizers and many a fan, Ajay Devgn fined Rs. 200 for smoking in public place in Goa, for evading the ban! Konkana Sen Sharma tied the knot with Ranvir Shorey, Neil Mukesh's donating his pictures for noble cause, made for a lovely story! It was this month when producer Gaurang Doshi got under house arrest to dodge cops, Shiney Ahuja's maid's denial of being raped pulled everyone's mental stops! Creating their own iPhone application were Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, 'Zandu Balm's manufacturer suing Dabangg's producers took away their joy! While Shirish Kunder turned music composer and lyricist for Tees Maar Khan Lara Dutta turned producer with Chalo Dilli, a film that's now her aan-baan-shaan!
October saw Arbaaz getting furious over Shobha De's remarks on Dabangg, While Preity Zinta addressed the Oxford Union, thus showing her intellectual 'rang'! After acting and modelling, Neha Dhupia attempted her tryst with the mic, John Abraham got sentenced to a 15 days imprisonment, after allegedly dashing someone with his bike. While the macho-man Sanjay Dutt was blessed with twin children, Jennifer Lynch, the Hisss director, after disowning the film, went back to her den! Shirish Kunder announced Joker as India's first Bollywood film in full 3D, The month ended between a verbal spat between ad man Prahlad Kakkar and Junior Big B.