Maggie Cheung still playing hard

 VENICE: Chinese megastar Maggie Cheung, in Venice for the screening of Isaac Julien's art film "Better Life", has shunned the celluloid since becoming the first Asian actress to win in Cannes in 2004.

The recognition for "Clean", she said, "concluded one stage of my life" following her 2001 divorce from the film's French director, Olivier Assayas.

"I got my own fulfilment, or my own explanation to what I've done in the last 25 years," she said of the best actress award.

"You didn't waste your time, you did do something significant... and that was good to know; but it was enough for me to move on," she told reporters on Saturday.

While she has turned down offers aside from the two-day gig for "Better Life", the 45-year-old Cheung said she remains open to a project if the right one comes along.

"It's not impossible something would come up, but it would be a chance, it would be fate. Fate has to come in the right way, the right project, the right moment, the right person," said the star of "In the Mood for Love" (2000).

Meanwhile, Cheung is using the down time to "age a bit", she said, adding that while she is based in Hong Kong her "love life" now takes her to Beijing.

"I'm at the age that of course I still want to do something like 'In the Mood' that I look beautiful and everything (but) you have to know where you are."

Declaring herself to be "in between", she said: "I feel that at my age I'm a bit too young to play the grandmother yet, and a bit too old to be Jackie's girlfriend," referring to her opposite number Jackie Chan in the "Police Story" series.

"Maybe I'll come back to cinema and play a woman who is not the same as the woman I was playing before," Cheung said. "I will feel better when I am looking a bit older and can play older and forget about all that... You can still be old and beautiful in other ways, but I don't think I've reached there yet."

Meanwhile, Cheung has taken up music, and dreams of being able to score a film. "If I could make music for films that would be a joy," she said.

In "Better Life", Cheung plays the goddess Mazu from a 15th-century Chinese fable, one of three interweaving "ghost stories" in Julien's examination of why people migrate, often risking everything for a worse fate than staying home.

"He found a very good way to put the images to these ideas," Cheung said.

Maggie Cheung still playing hard

 VENICE: Chinese megastar Maggie Cheung, in Venice for the screening of Isaac Julien's art film "Better Life", has shunned the celluloid since becoming the first Asian actress to win in Cannes in 2004.

The recognition for "Clean", she said, "concluded one stage of my life" following her 2001 divorce from the film's French director, Olivier Assayas.

"I got my own fulfilment, or my own explanation to what I've done in the last 25 years," she said of the best actress award.

"You didn't waste your time, you did do something significant... and that was good to know; but it was enough for me to move on," she told reporters on Saturday.

While she has turned down offers aside from the two-day gig for "Better Life", the 45-year-old Cheung said she remains open to a project if the right one comes along.

"It's not impossible something would come up, but it would be a chance, it would be fate. Fate has to come in the right way, the right project, the right moment, the right person," said the star of "In the Mood for Love" (2000).

Meanwhile, Cheung is using the down time to "age a bit", she said, adding that while she is based in Hong Kong her "love life" now takes her to Beijing.

"I'm at the age that of course I still want to do something like 'In the Mood' that I look beautiful and everything (but) you have to know where you are."

Declaring herself to be "in between", she said: "I feel that at my age I'm a bit too young to play the grandmother yet, and a bit too old to be Jackie's girlfriend," referring to her opposite number Jackie Chan in the "Police Story" series.

"Maybe I'll come back to cinema and play a woman who is not the same as the woman I was playing before," Cheung said. "I will feel better when I am looking a bit older and can play older and forget about all that... You can still be old and beautiful in other ways, but I don't think I've reached there yet."

Meanwhile, Cheung has taken up music, and dreams of being able to score a film. "If I could make music for films that would be a joy," she said.

In "Better Life", Cheung plays the goddess Mazu from a 15th-century Chinese fable, one of three interweaving "ghost stories" in Julien's examination of why people migrate, often risking everything for a worse fate than staying home.

"He found a very good way to put the images to these ideas," Cheung said.

Sid comes back in Suhana's life

A changed Sid aka Mohit Malhotra is back to woo Suhana again in Star Plus serial Sasural Genda Phool.

The viewers of Star Plus loved serial Sasural Genda Phool who have been enjoying the cute, naughty love and fight relationship between Ishaan (Jai Soni) and Suhana (Ragini Khanna) will have to give a halt and get ready to view a new angle in between their chemistry because very soon Sid aka Mohit Malhotra will be back in Suhana's life.

According to our source, "Sid who was very much in love with Suhana had refused to get married to her because his carrier was his first priority and so he left her by saying that she is not a marriage material; which indirectly lead Suhana to get married to Ishaan so that she can prove Sid wrong. But now that Sid has realized that his love for Suhana is deeper than his ambition of doing well in his carrier so he is back with an apology and get Suhana back in his life and Ishaan having the knowledge of the same as usual will tackle the situation calmly."

When contacted, Mohit Malhotra told us, "Yes Sid is coming back in Suhana's life and he will try to get her back but to in order to know Suhana's reaction on the same you need to watch the show. The character of Sid is on and off in the show."   

Sid comes back in Suhana's life

A changed Sid aka Mohit Malhotra is back to woo Suhana again in Star Plus serial Sasural Genda Phool.

The viewers of Star Plus loved serial Sasural Genda Phool who have been enjoying the cute, naughty love and fight relationship between Ishaan (Jai Soni) and Suhana (Ragini Khanna) will have to give a halt and get ready to view a new angle in between their chemistry because very soon Sid aka Mohit Malhotra will be back in Suhana's life.

According to our source, "Sid who was very much in love with Suhana had refused to get married to her because his carrier was his first priority and so he left her by saying that she is not a marriage material; which indirectly lead Suhana to get married to Ishaan so that she can prove Sid wrong. But now that Sid has realized that his love for Suhana is deeper than his ambition of doing well in his carrier so he is back with an apology and get Suhana back in his life and Ishaan having the knowledge of the same as usual will tackle the situation calmly."

When contacted, Mohit Malhotra told us, "Yes Sid is coming back in Suhana's life and he will try to get her back but to in order to know Suhana's reaction on the same you need to watch the show. The character of Sid is on and off in the show."   

Photo of the Day: Neil Nitin Mukesh and Deepika Padukone

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Bollywood actor Neil Nitin Mukesh and Deepika Padukone at the press meet of his upcoming flick "Lafangey Parindey" at Yashraj Studios.

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Photo of the Day: Neil Nitin Mukesh and Deepika Padukone

Check out today's photo of the day featuring Neil Nitin Mukesh and Deepika Padukone

Bollywood actor Neil Nitin Mukesh and Deepika Padukone at the press meet of his upcoming flick "Lafangey Parindey" at Yashraj Studios.

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Amisha's The Man!

She may not be appearing on the big screen anytime soon, but actress Amisha Patel promises ...

She may not be appearing on the big screen anytime soon, but actress Amisha Patel promises to entertain many fans as she appears in the popular magazine, The Man.

The October issue will showcase the actress exactly two years after her last cover shoot, where she posed for French Bridal Wear on Verve Magazine.  However, this time Amisha has pulled out all the stops to showcase a bolder self with a risqu cleavage revealing dress.

The magazine promises to talk about her new look and apparently has revealed a lot of the personal life of the actress.  Amisha follows fellow co-stars Kareena Kapoor, Neha Dhupia, Riya Sen and Sherlyn Chopra to pose for the magazine.