It’s a double whammy for Salman Khan today. Firstly, it’s his birthday today and secondly, his latest release <em>Dabangg 2</em> has started its record breaking-spree! The film which is doing exceptionally well at the box office has collected a whooping Rs. 100.78 crores in just a matter of six days.

Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil cinema’s star-actor Prithviraj Sukuraman who has just made an impressive Bollywood debut as Rani Mukherjee’s aromatic amour in <em>Aiyyaa</em> will wrap up his assignments in the South by the end of the year and move home from the South to Mumbai in January 2013. His wife Suparna who used to be a BBC journalist has been busy hunting for a home for the couple in Mumbai while Prithvi has been immersed in completing his films on the floor.

There is no doubt that India has never seen and will never see a star-actor like Amitabh Bachchan. But it’s the human being that I admire even more. It’s the man who calls me his friend whom I look up to. A truer friend would be harder to find. This is the same super-icon who braved serious security hazards to come to my home in Patna, simply because he had promised he would.

Moving away from her diplomatic stand on personal favourites, The Nightingale for the first time selects her favourite songs. Bedard tere dard ko seene se lagake from the film Padmini , Ae dilruba from the film Rustom Sohrab and Kali laki raat re dil bada sataaye from the film Saiyya composed by Sajjad Hussain.

Elvis Presley of India, Rishi “magical” Kapoor celebrates his 60th birthday today. Movie Chakkar wishes him all the luck and happiness. Now, this super handsome actor has been entertaining fans for years now. A true romantic hero with a smile to kill…Rishi till date is putting up some fantastic performances. He truly epitomizes class and permanence. And he is in no mood to slow down…as he has decided to take on more work than ever before. He will be seen in approximately eight films in the next two years.

Although the Ambanis, Mukesh and Nita had a posh dinner at their Antilla residence and the Bachchans could not attend Adnan’s birthday because of their prior commitment to the Ambanis, it was a massive birthday turnout at Adnan Sami’s residence in Lokhandwala on Saturday evening. Some of the guests from the Ambanis’ list hop skipped and jumped over to Adnan’s party.

Love, says a very close friend of Katrina, is high on her list duo-ables in her 28th year. Katrina who turns 28 today, 16 July has set a time-frame for herself to find love. In the next one year love better find its way into her life.

Let’s all wish beautiful, vivacious and super talented Karisma Kapoor a very happy birthday. Yes, today (25 June 2012) is the birthday of one of the most fascinating actors of all time. And today, she has many reasons to celebrate. First of all, Karisma has her children. And every time she looks at their faces she feels he has attained a worthiness that other circumstances in her life would perhaps render null and void. A broken marriage amidst a volley of “I-told-you-so” from close friends and relatives isn’t quite what you want in your life when you’re nursing a broken heart.