RISING star Shivali is set to

release her first English lan-

guage track Rise Up High, which
she has written and which has
been produced by Arjun. The urban
devotional singer, who delighted
audiences with her unique releases
The Bhajan Project and Urban Tem-
ple, has kept the devotional theme
in the new song and hopes to reach
a wider global audience. You can
follow her on www.twitter.com/
ShivaliArtist.
THE rumours that director
Anurag Kashyap and his
actress wife Kalki Koechlin
are heading for a
split just wont go
away. Media re-
ports have
claimed they have
grown apart and
that mutual friends
are starting to take sides.
Even though Kalki offered
a denial of sorts, the fact
that the once loved-
up couple havent
been seen togeth-
er in public for a
while has only
added fuel to the
strong rumours.
ANURAG-KALKI SPLIT?
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ACTRESS Vidya Balan has been given a li-
cence to thrill in a James Bond-style char-
acter in forthcoming film Bobby Jasoos.
Dia Mirza will be producing the interest-
ing looking movie, which is due to go on
the floors next month.
I am thrilled to be the lady James
Bond. The film will mark the arriv-
al of Indias first lady detective.
James Bond has become synony-
mous with 007 and we will
try to come up with
something different and
innovative, said Vidya.
Hit TV series CID has completed 1,000 epi-
sodes. The longest-running investigative series
on Indian TV has inspired people to take a stand
against crime since it first aired 16 years ago.
Priyanka Chopra will be delivering an item
number in forthcoming film Ramleela. Due
out on November 15, the Gujarat-set romance
stars Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh.
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RECENTLY re-
leased promo sin-
gle High Heels has
shown quite compre-
hensively that there is
life after girl group Serese
for solo singer Anita.
The sexy singer told me
she is being offered some inter-
esting projects abroad and
says her new song is all about
empowerment.
High Heels is about showing
the world what youve got, be-
cause you know youve got it. I love
this song because it really represents
how I feel at this moment in my career.
The fact that I was able to tie a homage to
my favourite movie The Wiz-
ard of Oz into the video, is
just the icing on the
cake, said Anita.
VIDYAS SHAKEN AND STIRRED
THE recent concert at Royal Albert Hall
by Sunidhi Chauhan proved that there
has never been anyone quite like her in
the 100-year history of Bollywood.
The dynamite diva was on fire as she
combined the versatility of Asha Bhosle with the class of Lata Mangeshkar, the swagger of Beyonce, sexiness of Shakira, dance moves of Jennifer Lopez and power of Adele at the most explosive live performance of the year. The all-round skills make her a stronger con-
tender for the title of the greatest live per-
former in Bollywood history and
those who have seen her
wouldnt disagree with
this claim.
THE RIGHT DIRECTION
ANITA: A STEP IN
SUNIDHI BLOWS
AUDIENCE AWAY...
ACTRESS Aishwarya
Rai Bachchan is said
to be working hard to
get ready for her come-
back movie Happy An-
niversary and will be
back to her stunning best.
She stars opposite hus-
band Abhishek Bachchan
(pictured together) in the
romantic drama based
on the theme anatomy of
marriage that will be
directed by adman
Prahlad Kakkar. The
big-budget movie,
which will go on the
floors next year,
will be predomi-
nantly shot in
South Africa.
Mallika Sherawat sustained minor injuries while
shooting for her upcoming debut TV show The
Bachelorette India Mere Khayalon Ki Mallika. The
reality TV series will air from Sunday (7) on Life OK.
Singer Tej Hundal has
teamed up with music pro-
ducer Ravi Bal for the song
Deewana, which is out now.