Preity Zinta Giving Prasad to her IPL Team Punjab XI

Preity Giving Prasad to her IPL Team Punjab XI before a match a couple of days ago !!

Shahrukh Khan's Miss Bollywood new face 2009 contest at IPL

The Indian Professional League has announced a Bollywood movie role for one South African lass as it prepares to launch the five-week Twenty20 extravaganza here on Saturday with an inaugural double header. 

The search for a young South African woman with the potential to be a bOllywood starlet  was announced here Thursday by IPL chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi and Bollywood superstars Shah Rukh Khan, Shilpa Shetty and Preity Zinta, all having stakes in the IPL teams. 

The lucky South African IPL fan with star quality stands to win a role in a Bolywood movie, 50,000 rands in cash, a business class trip to India and other prizes in the 2009 tournament's Miss Bollywood SA competition. 

"We're looking for someone who has the star quality to stand out in a crowd, probably without even trying that hard. It's that special, almost indefinable, quality that makes someone a star more than a beauty queen that we are looking for," Modi said. 

A total of 50 winners will be chosen from the crowds at every one of the eight venues around the country that are to host IPL matches. Winners will be shown on the big screen at every match during the second five-minute break. There will be one finalist per match, identified with the help of  TV producers who will have cameras scanning the crowds. IPL matches are being played in Cape Town, East London, Port Elizabeth, Durban, Bloemfontein, Kimberley, Johannesburg and Pretoria. 

One finalist from each venue will be chosen, leaving eight winners to be hosted and feted at The Wanderers in Johannesburg at the final of the IPL 2009 tournament on 24 May. The ultimate winner will be announced during the final. 

Akshay Kumars Cold War With Shahrukh Khan & IPL

Akshay Kumar stays away from IPL even though he is shooting in South Africa ? Or is it because he is a Bachchan camp follower ? I have seen many many photos of him cosying up with Bachhans. 

Last year Akshay Kumar avidly supported the Indian Premier League (IPL) team Delhi Daredevils.Akshay intends to maintain his distance. When quizzed on this matter, he was evasive, “I am shooting during the nights for Tv show. I would like to spend my day time catching up on my sleep, or spending time with my wife and kids who are also here with me.” 

But when we probed further we realised that Akshay was excercising caution when it came to being associated with any event featuring Shah Rukh. A source said, “There has been a constant attempt to pitch Akshay against the Khans. So far, he has fought a lonely battle to develop and maintain his brand name. There's a strong attempt to demean his latest film Kambakkht Ishq. He even knows where these attempts are emerging from.” 

Akshay said diplomatically, “Right now, I do not want to say anything. I know exactly who these people are and I wish they would do their own work and let me do mine. The day I decide to speak out about them, they won't know where to hide. I've worked really hard on Kambakkht Ishq and I won't let anyone spoil it for me.”  

Source [TOI]

Is this a new cold war emerging ? 

Shahrukh Khan at IPL conference at Capetown

Shahrukh Khan at IPL conference at Capetown

Preity Zinta and Yuvraj Singh display Kings XI Punjab T - shirts

Preity Zinta and Yuvraj Singh display Kings XI Punjab T - shirts at a press meet