Poonam Pandey on Khatron ke Khiladi 4

Model Poonam Pandey, who grabbed headlines after declaring that she will strip in public if the Indian cricket team won the World Cup, will be among the 13 celebrity contestants in Fear Factor Khatron Ke Khiladi - Torchar.

Apart from Pandey, actresses Aarti Chhabria and Kashmira Shah, Sambhavna Seth, former national women cricket team skipper Anjum Chopra, TV stars Aashka Goradiya and Smita Bansal, are the other prominent names who will be seen in the fourth season of the reality show.

Models Diandra Soares and Aliesia Raut, Dina Singh, wife of Vindoo Dara Singh, VJ Bani, VJ Mia Uyeda and singer Mauli Dave will take part in the show, along with 13 men from various walks of life.

Actor Akshay Kumar, who had hosted the first two editions of the action-based programme, will return as the host for the fourth edition which will be shot in Cape Town in South Africa.

Actress Priyanka Chopra had hosted the previous season of Fear Factor Khatron Ke Khiladi.

The show will be aired on Colors from May.

Making the announcement here this evening, Ashvini Yardy, head of programming Colors, said, "The fourth season is going to be more torturous and dangerous than the earlier ones. Hence the name Torchaar."

Poonam Pandey on National TV

Kingfisher model Poonam Pandey has become a household name ever since she pledged publicly to go dare-bare for the Indian cricket team.

And now, the lasso is very much back in action. Don't worry, she has not made any more pledges to strip.

Reportedly, Poonam Pandey will soon be seen featuring in the adventurous reality show 'Khatron Ke Khiladi Season 4' on Colors, to be hosted by the Bollywood Khiladi himself, Akshay Kumar.

Poonam ditches 'Comedy Ka Maha Muqqabla' for 'KKK 4'

You might find difficult to digest that Poonam was all set to begin the shoot for the humorous reality show 'Comedy Ka Maha Muqqabla' on Star Plus from April 11.

However, she dodged the show at the end moment alleging that she was contractually bound by the channel in question for 'KKK 4.'

A source familiar with the matter told TOI, “Poonam was all set to shoot with us starting Monday and her entry was expected to air in the ninth episode but we just received an e-mail that she can't do the show as she is exclusively bound by the channel that airs Khatron Ke Khiladi.”

While a source from the Colors channel revealed, “There were two to three names like Maria Gorretti and Veena Malik which weren't locked. We contacted Poonam after things didn't work out between the channel and the already approached names. She was signed on last night."

Poonam Pandey's “suspense” revealed?

The 19-year-old hottie has been tweeting, on the micro-blogging site Twitter, since yesterday about a “suspense” that she will be revealing soon.

She wrote, “We all live in suspense from day to day; in other words, you are the hero of your own story.”

“Hey guyz whtz up? u Sounding bit Disappointed, dont be so.. i will be Back in Action.. Just stay tuned ... muaaaah Luv u all!!!!!!!!!!!,” she later added.

“Will open the Suspense soon!!!,” the model posted two hours ago.

Mulling over the latest reports about Poonam starring on 'KKK 4,' it seems her suspense has been revealed.

Other contestants on 'KKK 4'

The other contestants, who will be seen competing for the 50 lakh prize money are VJ Bani, former cricketer Anju Chopra, reality show singer Mauli Dave, models Alesia Raut and Diandra Soares, Kashmera Shah, Aarti Chhabria and Dina Umarova (Vindoo Dara Singh's wife).

'Khatron Ke Khiladi 4' is all set to go on floors in the third week of April in Cape Town.

Let's see what Poonam has in store for us on the show!

Kashmera, Sambhavna, Celina Jaitley on KKK 4

Apart from Vindu Dara Singh’s wife Dina and MTV VJ Bani, supposedly the new girl in actor Shahid Kapoor’s life, we’ve stumbled across at least four other names in contention for the Season Four of Khatron Ke Khiladi. One of them is actor-dancer Kashmera Shah who was last seen semi-nude on a calendar, and on Love Lock-Up with boyfriend Krushna Abhishek.

Kashmera, along with another actor Aarti Chhabria, last seen in a desi avatar in the Manoj Bajpayee starrer, Dus Tola, and model Diandra Soares are expected to up the glam quotient.

The sixth name who was in the list of probables is Mauli Dave, discovered in 2007 on Zee TV’s reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa and touted by judge Bappi Lahiri as the Indian Shakira.

Besides these six, seven other so-called celebrities are being lined up for Khatron Ke Khiladi Torchaar. It will see actor Akshay Kumar return as the anchor after a break last season when Priyanka Chopra came on to up the fear factor with 13 daring dudes.

If the buzzvine is to be believed, talks for the Colors show are on with Pakistani model-actor Veena Malik, who made her Indian telly debut in Bigg Boss 4 and model Lisa Hayden who made a big screen beginning in Aisha.

Actors Celina Jaitly, Payal Rohatgi and Shamita Shetty, item girl Sambhavna Seth and badminton player Jwala Gutta are some of the others. Actor-anchor Maria Goretti, who is Arshad Warsi’s wife, fashion designer Masaba Gupta who is Neena Gupta’s daughter and actor Shaurya Chauhan have apparently turned down the show. A channel insider informs that since Rakhi Sawant dropped out, Kashmera Shah stepped in.

The show goes on the floors around April 20 in Cape Town, South Africa, and will be shot in a start-to-finish 20-odd day schedule. It will go on air towards the end of May or the first half of June. Contracts are expected to be sealed by the end of the week.

Kashessential

Bollywood’s sizzling siren Kashmira Shah has posed topless for a calendar issue of March 2011. The item girl turned actress has also commented on her latest deed, that all she did was to entertain the males in their bathrooms. Kashmira Shah added that, her topless calendar will be a treat to all males, who will definitely stick it in their bathrooms and will catch hold of their tools and wank them, on seeing her without clothes.
From the time this news has passed on the internet and in the media, netizens are crazily searching on the internet with the words such as ‘Kashmira Shah Calendar’, Kashmira Shah hot photos and Kashmira Shah without clothes.

Kashmira Shah has done a topless scene for the calendar ‘Kashessential’ and hopes that this daring and bold act of her will fetch her some meaty roles in bollywood as well as the entire Indian cinema industry.

Kash Krushna split and patch up..

Kashmira Shah and longtime boyfriend Krushna Abhishek have taken a U-turn just as they were about to make it official with a walk down the aisle. After having appeared together on dance show Nach Baliye, the two are taking life in the reality lane very seriously with a stint on relationship reality show Love Lockup to try and sort out their differences

Kashmira Shah's topless calendar

No one will ever accuse her of not trying.

Kashmira Shah's tried every trick in the trade to get herself noticed. And her latest caper - going topless for an exclusive calendar that will be out in March.

"Yes, I have gone topless in one of the pictures for the calendar named Kashessentual," said the one-time item girl in a media interview. "People will be shocked when they see the pictures and how far I've gone."

The calendar is being produced by Third Rock Entertainment, and the reality show star is mighty excited.

"I have always believed in doing things that are out of the box and this calendar is pushing the envelope," she said. "I am not being pompous, but it will be something which will now be a benchmark for anyone who thinks of doing a calendar. Every guy will have the calendar in his bathroom."

Until the calendar hits the stands, you can watch the scandalous wannabe in re-runs of her reality show, Love Lock Up, where she tries to keep the 'bedroom fires' burning with boyfriend and live-in partner Krushna Abhishek.

'Race 2' to go on floors in August

The much awaited sequel of the director duo, Abbas-Mustan’s 2008 action packed thriller, ‘Race’, is all set to go into production in August this year.

The cast of the second installment of the smash hit, being produced by Tips, has been finalized, and while some of the stars from the first part have been retained, some weren’t lucky enough to bag a role in the successful film’s sequel.

"The casting has to be perfect once the script is okayed," Abbas-Mustan said some time back. "The expectations from Race 2 are humongous and we plan to make it bigger and better than the first part.”

'Race 2' cast

The impressive star cast includes Saif Ali Khan and Anil Kapoor, apart from John Abraham, who replaced Akshay Khanna as the negative lead.

The casting of the film has been constantly hounded by rumors ever since it was officially announced. Initially, it was reported that Kareena and Asin would be the leading ladies, however, these reports turned out to be untrue.

Falsifying the rumors, the director duo denied the existence of Junior Bachchan in the film.

Producer Ramesh Taurani said, "Not true at all! Abhishek isn't part of the film."

Deepika and Sonakshi replace Kat and Bips

Both the leading ladies, Katrina and Bipasha, who brought the oomph factor in the first part, have lost out to Deepika Padukone and Sonakshi Sinha in the sequel. The role sashayed by Sameera Reddy in ‘Race’ as Anil’s leading lady is yet to be decided. The leading ladies will be different as well.

"Deepika Padukone and Sonakshi Sinha have been confirmed. We need to finalize one more leading lady opposite Anil," said Taurani.

Whatever be the cast of this film, audience have very high expectations from it considering director duo Abbas-Mustan’s panache for making films that leave audience guessing right till the end. Their finesse for handling action and suspense based subjects has been very well highlighted in ‘Race’.

Whether they manage to repeat the magic again is to be seen.

Sonakshi to go size zero for ‘Race 2’

Latest on weight loss spree is Sonakshi Sinha. The newbie has been asked by Race 2’s director Abbas Mustan to do away completely from her debut film Dabangg’s village belle image and shed her extra kilos.

In a recent media interview, the 23-year-old said, “I’ve to get into even better shape for Joker and Race 2. For the last two years, all I seem to be doing is losing weight.”

Producer Ramesh Taurani added that Sonakshi will be presented as striking as Bipasha Basu was presented in the first edition. Sonakshi will also be seen in Farah Khan’s Joker.

Anushka-Sonakshi to give Kats, Bebo, Piggy run for their money?

Till date, the battle was between was primarily between Kareena Kapoor, Katrina Kaif and Priyanka Chopra when it came to occupying that number one slot. However now with Anushka Sharma and Sonakshi Sinha seeing a rise in their fortunes and signing multiple films, the battle seems to be intensifying.

"Kareena is indeed the number one actress by miles when it comes to popularity. On the other hand Priyanka wins hands down when it comes to some of the tough roles that she has in her kitty currently. Katrina falls in between as she raised the glamour quotient (TEES MAAR KHAN) while also demonstrating histrionics (RAAJNEETI) last year. None of them can afford to relax though, what with Anushka and Sonakshi making their presence felt loud and clear", says an industry observer.

He has his reasons to say that. Anushka Sharma has shown gradual progress from RAB NE BANA DI JODI days and showed once again with BAND BAAJA BAARAAT that she is a terrific actress. Even in PATIALA HOUSE, which was basically a Rishi Kapoor-Akshay Kumar film, she shone in each of her scenes. No wonder, she has just bagged the latest Yash Raj Films project LADIES V/S RICKY BAHL even though her three film contract with the production house has expired. On the other hand Sonakshi Sinha now has confirmed assignments with Akshay Kumar (JOKER) and Saif Ali Khan (RACE 2).

Sonakshi Sinha to sweat out for Race 2

Bollywood’s latest sensation Sonakshi Sinha looked pretty and smart in Dabangg. But surprisingly, director duo Abbas-Mustan wants her to shed more weight for her role in the film Race 2, a sequel to the hit film Race.

The makers of Race 2 want Sonakshi to look as hot as Bipasha Basu in the original. The 23-year-old actress said that all she has being doing the last two years is to lose weight. She added that she has to get into even better shape for her roles in Race 2 and Joker.

Well, Sonakshi knows that she has to look good to be in the business. Name and fame come with a huge price! What say?

Priyanka-Shahid break up, again!

One of Bollywood's most volatile couples, Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra have reportedly called it quits yet again! Yes, you read that right, just when you thought PC and Shaks were going to make their relationship public, seems like the duo have had enough of each other.

Buzz is that unlike the last time when Shahid broke up with Priyanka due to her increasing proximity with Ranbir, this time it's Priyanka who has called it quits.

The real reason behind this break up is still unknown but it is being speculated that the couple could not stop fighting over conflicting morals and values. Shahid wanted Priyanka to follow the path of spirituality but she is too much of a party lover.

A source told Mid-Day, "The biggest problem between them was lack of communication. As it is things were bad, with Shahid shooting non-stop for his dad's film. He gets completely involved with his work, and forgets everything else. Which isn't easy for any girlfriend to deal with, and it held to a lot of squabbles. What made is worse was that after every fight, he would go into a shell and refuse to talk about things. She would try and reach out, but he would put her on ignore alert, blocking her out completely."

Meanwhile, Shahid out of frustration started to ignore Priyanka completely. He reportedly stopped taking her calls and even turned her away when she went to see him at his pad. Unable to bear this humiliation, PC ended their love story.

Following the split, we wonder if Priyanka will attend Shahid's birthday bash this Friday!