Will SRK be forbidden from watching IPL?

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's smoking act during an Indian Premier League (IPL) match April 21 has not gone down well with the anti-smoking lobby which is trying to ensure that television footage of celebrities smoking should not be broadcast.

The National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication said in a statement that its counterpart South African National Council Against Smoking (NCAS) is lobbying with the official broadcasters to ensure that footage of smoking, especially by celebrities, should not be broadcast.

"We have sent the details to Supersport, who are the official broadcasters of the IPL and the NCAS is in the process of soliciting an agreement that they will not show anyone smoking," NCAS's convener Peter Ucko informed NOTE.

NCAS has said that television footage showing icons smoking dangerously increases the chances of children and other non smokers picking up the habit as they try to emulate their heroes.

NCAS, in its letter to NOTE, further said that while smoking in public places is still not banned in South Africa, the department of health there was very active in lobbying for the concept of no smoking in public places.

"If Khan does it again we will ask the management to caution him, or we will seek his removal from the stadium," the press note states.

The NCAS has also assured that they would lobby with the chief executive officer of the Wandereres stadium Alam Kourie to enforce the 'no smoking in enclosed areas' law.

"We have also asked the stadium management to make no smoking announcements through the match and during drinks breaks."

WoW Amitabh Style

One of the best dressed Bollywood superstars, has gone a step further by adding a personal touch to his character. The 67-year-old actor was extremely excited about the groovy track that features Riteish Deshmukh (a close friend of his son Abhishek) and himself in a forthcoming film, and asked director Sujoy Ghosh whether he could do his own wardrobe and styling for the song.

Bachchan then went on to choose a deep red velvet jacket which added that extra touch of grandeur to his already larger-than-life persona in this film that also has Sanjay Dutt in a stellar role. The photograph you see here is the result. Style maketh the man. But here, the man maketh style!

Priyanka-Ranbir on weight watch?

Fancy Priyanka Chopra with 20 more kilos? No? Priyanka too doesn’t and she has hence let one fat project slip out of her hands.

She has walked out of what could have been her most challenging role, opposite Ranbir Kapoor, in a Siddharth Anand film.

Explaining Priyanka’s decision, our source says, “Priyanka’s metabolism doesn’t permit her to experiment with weight. She needs to be slim in Yash Raj Film’s Pyaar Impossible and she can't possibly jump to being fat within a few months. And, not after her recent health scare.”

kareena kapoor in a hot bikini from the movie tashan, Kareena kappor