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Model, VJ turned actor Gauhar Khan shot to fame with her role in the 2009 YRF film starring Ranbir Kapoor Rocket Singh: Sales Man of The Year. Later in 2010, she joined the cast of the first-ever Bollywood musical, Zangoora: The Gypsy Prince at Kingdom of Dreams, where she played the female lead.

Recently though the actress was seen in the Arjun Kapoor - Parineeti Chopra film Ishaqzaade essaying the role of Chand Baby. Well Bollywood Hungama gives it surfers a chance to get chatty with Gauhar on Celebrity Video Chat on Friday, May 17, at 1300 hrs IST.

Aamir Khan Productions comic thriller Delhi Belly, which was one of last years most successful films at the box office, will now be screened at the 65th Cannes Film Festival.

The film directed by Abhinay Deo and written by Akshat Verma had raised the standard of filmmaking in India. With brilliant performances by the films leading trio Imran Khan, Kunal Roy Kapur and Vir along with the music which has been rendered by Ram Sampath, Delhi Belly won many awards this year.

Produced by UTV Motion Pictures Delhi Belly was recently released in Hong Kong on May 10.

That Aishwarya Rai Bachchan goes to Cannes for the eleventh consecutive year this month is indeed a phenomenal occurrence in the history of the Indian entertainment industry. But as of now, the concerned mother Aishwarya and the Bachchan parivar are still undecided whether baby Araadhya accompanies her mom to Cannes.

Ever since her birth, Aishwarya has devoted her entire time to looking after her baby. There is no burning ambition in her at the moment to play any other role in her life and career except that of the mother.

The commitment at Cannes was an old and abiding one. And Aishwarya just couldn't wriggle out of it. Says a source, "Given a chance Aishwarya would have gladly foregone Cannes this year. For her no role at the moment matters more than the real-life role of the mother. That is why she has decided to not sign any film for at least one more year. Long-standing commitments other than film assignments, however, need to be fulfilled. And Aishwarya finds herself being pulled away from her motherly duties by professional commitments."

Cannes is one of those unavoidable commitments. Aishwarya did try to find a way out of it. But finally she has decided to go. Says a source close to the family, "In the Bachchan parivar professional commitments are sacrosanct. And Aishwarya is therefore going to Cannes as per schedule."

However, whether Araadhya accompanies her mother is still undecided. While the family has left the decision to Aishwarya, the actress' friends say she is still in two minds as to whether she should let her baby make that long-distance journey or not.

Says a friend of the actress, "Aishwarya is at the moment focusing only on the question of whether the baby accompanies her or not. She has given absolutely no thoughts to what she'll wear at Cannes and how she'd conduct herself there. Those are questions that don't even crop up in her head. Neither does the issue of weight-gain worry her. To Aishwarya her daughter's wellbeing is all that matters. The rest - beauty, career, success, stardom - are all at the moment, hazy things best left in the background."

A very close friend who rang her up this week to catch up said, "I've never seen her so content before. Never has she been so at peace with herself. She is playing the most cherished role of her life. And loving it."

As for little Araadhya walking the red carpet in her iconic mother's arms in Cannes, friends and family say the prospect is highly doubtful.

"If Araadhya finally accompanies her mother to Cannes - which in all likelihood she would have to for practical reasons- she would not be brought into the public domain.

Says a friend of the family, "At the moment Araadhya is enjoying her privacy. There's plenty of time for the public glare."

A year after she gave birth to her first child, Vir, Mandira Bedi and her husband Raj Kaushal are planning to adopt a baby girl.

Mandira and Raj will be applying to an adoption agency as soon as their son turns one, as it takes a month to a year for paperwork to be completed and they want a small age difference between both their kids.

Mandira and Raj had made the decision to adopt a girl even before they got married.

Irish model and actress Emma Kearney, who shot to fame with the threesome explicit MMS involving cricketer Shane Warne, is all set to enter Bollywood. Emma is all set to romance veteran actor Anupam Kher in Karan Razdan's Mr. Bhatti On Chutti which releases this Friday.

Emma Kearney was trained as an actress in Britain and is best known for her role as 'Rita Brannignan' in soap opera Emmerdale and sitcom The Gemma Factor. With Mr.Bhatti On Chutti, Emma makes her debut in Bollywood. Speaking about her B-town debut, Emma says, "I am very excited for my debut in Bollywood and consider myself lucky to star alongside with senior veteran actors like Anupamji. I am in awe of him and hold him in high regards and working with him was a great learning experience."

Mr. Bhatti On Chutti, shot entirely in Britain, has Emma playing Alice who sets out to get Mr. Bhatti (Anupam Kher) a simple bank clerk who coincidentally resemblances an International terrorist Abu. The confusion takes the audience through a roller coaster ride.

Mr. Bhatti On Chutti is presented by Wide Angle Media, produced by Tulip Films and is written and directed by Karan Razdan. One of the highlights of the film is a cameo by Amitabh Bachchan who plays a character that inspires Mr.Bhatti to do the right thing and always follow the path he has chosen.

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