Bollywood’s ‘Kaminey’ girl, hot and sexy actress Priyanka Chopra has been celebrating her 28th Birthday on July 18.

We wish a very happy and joyous Birthday to the gorgeous Bollywood babe.

The Piggy Chops has been most successful Bollywood actress in recent days with several hits in her kitty.

Well, despite of busy shooting schedule, Priyanka Chopra has managed some time to celebrate her birthday in beautiful Island Phuket in Thailand with six close friends. Hey guys don’t feel jealous. She is just with six girls in Phuket to enjoy her birthday.

Priyanka has been busy in shooting of her two forthcoming films Anjaana Anjaani and Saat Khoon Maaf.

The third season of ‘Khatron Ke Khiladi’ will see the Bollywood beauty Priyanka Chopra as the host, but the main question now is whether the show will hit small screens on schedule.

According to reports, the show makers are having a hard time to sign up cricketers for this season because of Lalit Modi’s IPL debate.

Cricketers are maintaining a low profile these days to avoid any argument and it looks that this is reflecting on the show.

Hearsays are all around that Priyanka is one of the highest paid actresses receiving a big amount between 1-3 crores on TV to host a show while competing with Akki and Sallu.

The show was going off schedule because of the trouble of roping in cricketers.

But now sources disclosed that ‘Khatron Ke Khiladi’ is likely to be shot in Copacabana, Brazil and will be hitting screens anytime between July and August.

Some of the cricketers are on board while some still need to be roped in. It is not just the Indian cricketers that will be seen on the show. The channel wants an ensemble of Indian as well as Foreign cricketers to make it more interesting.

The buzz is that Virender Sehwag, S Sreesanth, Yuvraj Singh, Shane Warne, Gautam Gambhir and Brett Lee have agreed to be a part of the show. (With Inputs from Agencies)

I don’t think a day will do anymore…it’s not enough to recognise, celebrate or shows thanks to every woman that inhabits the world and whose presence makes a perceptible difference to everyone’s life.

I am honoured to have been asked to be the Guest Editor of the After Hrs Women’s Day Special edition. As I assimilated my thoughts, it was fairly evident that this topic is very vast and it would be quite difficult to narrow my thoughts to a few hundred words…but I’ll try!

President Barack Obama once said: “The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women. If it’s educating its girls, if women have equal rights, that country is going to move forward. But if women are oppressed and abused, then they’re going to fall behind.”

Given where India stands today and the giant strides it has been taking, this is a very key point. The empowerment of women in our country is quite complex because you are tackling issues in different contexts and levels.

From a professional perspective, we have made some definite strides. If I take a small example of my industry, over the past few years, the role of a woman in Indian cinema has changed dramatically and evolved to a space where women-oriented films are accepted and successful.

There are so many success stories of women from across industries that support this fact. We have come a long way but we
still have a long way to go.

However, from a social perspective, we have barely scratched the surface…the emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says, ‘It’s a girl’.

From infant foeticide, lack of education to child marriage, the Indian girl child and woman still continues to deal with the lack of basic human rights and much more.

The positive aspect is that there is a growing recognition of the areas of concern and there are big steps being taken to work towards a change. I am certain the momentum will continue.

There is so much more I would like to add but for now I’ll leave you with a thought — “I am a woman in process. I’m just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.”

She later tweeted from Johannesburg, “Wow! Eerie feeling.. I’m so excited! … Sitting and watching the rehearsals.. All the girls walking out in their finery… So nostalgic.. It’s almost like I can hear their thoughts.”

Before leaving for the pageant, where Miss Gibraltar was crowned Miss World and Pantaloons Femina Miss India Pooja Chopra was crowned Beauty With A Purpose, Priyanka did a mock poll on whether she should wear her hair straight or sports curls with her sari.

At Johannesburg, Priyanka told PTI that it is wrong to expect the winning beauty to change the world. “Miss World is not the President of a country, and people should not expect her to be that,” she said.

The 59th edition of the contest saw beauties from 112 countries participating, and Priyanka says that the winner of the pageant is just another girl doing her bit to help.

“She’s just a girl who has been given this pedestal of power and position and she is going to do her bit to help whoever needs help, especially because the Miss World organisation does so much for children who are disadvantaged, sick and underprivileged,” Priyanka said.

July 12: With her sensuous body moves and exotic frame, Priyanka Chopra, boasts of a legion of male fan following. The sultry beauty, who has been flaunting her curves on every given occasion, is now gearing up to shake her booty to the beats of UK based pop star Jay Sean for a sizzling, thumping music video.

Known for being a music junkie, the actress is said to be quite a fan of the pop star and the two are also said to share a cushy rapport.

So much so is Piggy chops said to be in awe of the singer that she gave her consent without even going though the final draft of the music video. In fact, the deal between the two was signed and sealed on Twitter.

Talking of the close bond between the two, a daily quoted a source as saying, “Priyanka is a big R&B fan and she has been following Jay Sean closely over the years and grooving to his music. She was shooting in Hyderabad and she got to know that Jay was performing there and that there was a big concert happening. She made it a point that she wrapped up her shoot in time and got tickets for the show.”

The actress confirmed saying, “It`s been fun Twittering. I love R&B music and I enjoyed his last album a hell of a lot”.

Here’s a look at the Twitter chat between Jay Sean and Priyanka

jaysean@priyankachopra: so….this time, i dont even care if ur shooting with al pacino, im stealing u for my vid!!! hows ur film going? 4:03 AM Jul 11th

What she replied priyankachopra@jaysean: fow show!! no excuses.. shoot going really well.. hows `down` doin??10:55 AM Jul 11th

Did you know?

Jay Sean`s earlier muse from Bollywood was the sultry Bipasha Basu who made a guest appearance in his music video ‘Stolen’. ‘Stolen’ is the second single from Jay Sean`s debut album ‘Me Against Myself’ that was released in 2004.

After many national and international celebrities, Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra is the latest to have taken to social networking website Twitter in a big way.

“Priyanka has recently taken to Twitter and she is quite regular as she updates her account at least once a day,” a source close to the actress told IANS.

The Twitter page of the actress, who created waves with her performance in “Fashion” and “Dostana”, can be found on www.twitter.com/priyankachopra and www.twitter.com/priyankaonline

The latest updates by Priyanka also include her feelings on pop icon Michael Jackson’s demise Thursday.

“I cannot believe it! MJ no more… He was the reason I started loving music. Thank you MJ the inspiration for all of us. The true king of pop,” wrote Priyanka, who is a good singer herself.

It has taken almost seven years for one of the top rated actress in Bollywood to land up in a Yash Raj banner movie. Yes we are talking about none other than Dostana actress Priyanka Chopra. Although she has worked with all the top directors and producers in Bollywood the Yash Raj tag somehow eluded her. Not any more Priyanka has signed her movie Pyaar Impossible with Yash Raj Films.

The movie has been scripted by Uday Chopra who will also play the male lead in the story. Priyanka said that she was completely bowled by the script and jumped with joy on hearing it. The actress however said she can’t reveal much about the plot of the movie. Pyaar Impossible will be a relaunch of sorts for Uday Chopra who was last seen in Dhoom 2 and has been unable to deliver a solo hit in his career.

Pyaar Impossible will be directed by Uday’s Mohabbatein co-star Jugal Hansraj who had directed the animated Roadside Romeo also under the Yash Raj banner. The movie will also star Dino Morea and Anupam Kher. The buzz around the tinsel town is that the movie is a remake of the Hollywood flick Notting Hill starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant which talked about the relationship between a star and her fan.

Bollywood hearththrobs Hrithik Roshan and Priyanka Chopra today won the best actor and actress trophy respectively at the 10th annual IIFA awards here.

Hrithik who was pitted against Aamir Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Naseeruddin Shah, Shahrukh Khan, won the award for his portrayal of Moghul Emperor Akbar in Ashutosh Gowariker’s magnus opus ‘Jodha Akbar’.

While Priyanka won the coveted prize for her role of a small town girl who makes its big in the fashion world with grit and determination in Madhur bhandarkar’s ‘Fashion’.

Her other competitors in this category were Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Asin, Bipasha Basu, Katrina Kaif.

With the IIFA, both Hrithik and Priyanka have swept all the major film awards in Bollywood. PTI