Thaindian News

By Shilpa Raina
Colombo, June 5 (IANS) Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi is all praise for Sri Lankan cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya, who has been showing him around in this capital city.

“Well, ever since I have landed here, I have bonded really well with Sanath. We have been hanging out together and he is showing me around. He is great company and I am having the time of my life here,” said Vivek.

There was a charity cricket match between Bollywood celebrities and the Sri Lankan cricket team here Friday as part of the ongoing International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards event and Vivek dropped in to cheer both sides.

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Mohit Chauhan to compose for movies?

“Massakali” singer Mohit Chauhan, who has swept his fans with his sensual voice, might soon be composing music for Bollywood movies.

“Well yes, may be, but at the moment nothing is final. I am talking to various people and various people are talking to me, let’s see when it materializes,” Chauhan told IANS at the ongoing International India Film Academy (IIFA) awards.

“Right now I am happy singing love songs,” he added.

Chauhan, who used to play with the band Silk Route, has now gone solo with “Fitoor” and says he would be working on his next solo in a couple of months.

“In some time, I will start working on my second solo album. Apart from that, I am doing playback singing for many Bollywood movies like (Yash Raj productions’) ‘Lafangey Parindey’ and Deepti Naval’s next,” Chauhan said.

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Sherlyn Chopra not comfortable with frontal nudity

Bollywood item girl Sherlyn Chopra has cited reasons for not accepting the offer from Playboy magazine and said that she is not at all comfortable with frontal nudity.

“Bob, the magazine’s chief photographer, saw my pictures on the net and approached me but I had to refuse it because the shoot involved frontal nudity and I am not comfortable with it,” Sherlyn told IANS at the ongoing International India Film Academy (IIFA) awards here Friday.

Recently, Sherlyn had posted a nude picture of hers on Twitter. According to her, it was to get feedback from her fans.

“I wanted to get feedback from my fans. Most of them posted that I shouldn’t be doing something like this as it is against our culture,” said Sherlyn.