Mumbai: It seems that actress-producer Anushka Sharma wants to try her hand at singing too. In a new 'throwback' video, she can be seen belting out British singer Adele's Rolling in the deep hit.

The 30-second video, posted by Anushka on her Twitter page on Wednesday, shows the star sitting on a chair and loudly singing Rolling in the deep in a very intense way. Though she's not all tuneless as her notes and pitch went haywire.

However this might not be the only time when fans are going to see Anushka singing as the 27-year-old added that she will not 'give up' on singing.

While sharing a tweet of Thomas Edison's quote that read: "Many of life's failures are people who did not realise how close they were to success when they gave up," Anushka tweeted: "Yes! And that is why I will not give up on my singing . This is a sign! Thank you Mr Edison for this and the Bulb."

(With agency inputs)

By Urvi Parikh, Glamsham Editorial

While the media is abuzz with the rumours of Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh planning to tie the knot, the actress herself decided to keep mum when quizzed about this.

When asked Deepika as to when is she planning to get hitched to her alleged boyfriend Ranveer Singh, who also plays her dead husband in the upcoming film FINDING FANNY, she simply replied, "No comments."

However when probed further that she recently quoted to a magazine that she feels amazing to be unconditionally loved by Ranveer Singh, she retorted, "I was misquoted and the journalist himself called me and apologized. The journalist swapped the answer of one question to another. He in fact also said that he would be publishing a clarification in the next issue. Watch out for it because it would because that will be breaking news."

Meanwhile, FINDING FANNY, directed by Homi Adajania, presented by Fox Star Studios and produced by Maddock Films, is slated to release on September 12, 2014. The film stars Arjun Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Pankaj Kapoor and Naseeruddin Shah in the lead.

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Face to Face

 Madhuri Dixit (born 15 May 1967)is an Indian film actress who has appeared in Hindi films. Often cited as one of the best actresses in Bollywood, Dixit made her film debut in Abodh (1984) and received wider public recognition with Tezaab (1988). She went on to establish herself as one of Hindi cinema's leading actresses,acknowledged for several of her performances, her beauty, and her accomplished dancing. Some of her proceeding films include such box-office hits as Dil (1990), Saajan (1991), Beta (1992), Khalnayak (1993), Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994) and Raja (1995). After a relatively low phase, she reinvented herself with the romance Dil To Pagal Hai (1997) and subsequently received critical acclaim for her work in films like Mrityudand (1997), Pukar (2000), Lajja (2001) and Devdas (2002). In 2002, she took a sabbatical from films in order to raise her children and made a comeback with the musical Aaja Nachle in 2007. Dixit also judged two seasons of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa '. Currently, she is working on two projects, Gulaab Gang and Dedh Ishqiya. She also plans to open her own production house and her first home production is in pre-production stage. Dixit has won five Filmfare Awards, four for Best Actress and one for Best Supporting Actress. She holds the record for the highest number of Best Actress nominations (13) at Filmfare. In 2008, she was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award by the Government of India. She is married to Dr Shriram Chandra Nene, with whom she has two children. The couple resided in the United States before moving to India in 2011.

Madhuri Dixit, now holidaying in Mumbai, says she reminisces about her years in the film industry but doesn't miss the hustle and bustle of Bollywood. The actress, who shifted to the US after marrying an NRI doctor, told IANS in an interview: 'I miss my craft, the preparation for scenes, the nervousness before every shot and all that dhak-dhak.' Madhuri is planning a comeback and getting good offers too, but her priority is location. 'It has to be a project which is convenient to both, producer and me, in terms of location, etc. Looking after my home and kids, I can still take time off for one movie. But it would be tough for me to come down here for the shooting. We must remember that a lot of movies from Bollywood are made in the US.' Commenting upon the technological revolution in Bollywood she said films had improved a lot in the last four years and had become aesthetically better. 'I look at some of my earlier films and cringe,' she said in a rare interview. 

Excerpts:
After the kind of response you got for your dance number at the Filmfare Awards, are you planning to return to films? 

Yes, probably I will do one film a year. There are lots of offers. I need to just listen to the scripts and decide what to do. It has to be a project, which is convenient to both producer and me in terms of location.

Looking after my home and kids, I can still take time off for one movie. But it would be tough for me to come down here for the shooting. We must remember that a lot of movies from Bollywood are made in the US.

It would be difficult for the producers in Mumbai to reach you in LA? 

The world is becoming such a small place. People sitting in Hong Kong do business with people in India. So communication is not a problem.

What prompted that live performance at the Filmfare Awards? 

I didn't think I was going to perform. I was in Mumbai to chill out and have a holiday. Filmfare approached me. Riku ji (her secretary) persuaded me. Since, I wasn't out of shape, he thought I could do it. I had been with the industry for so long that I thought it would be nice if I catch up with all my colleagues through my performance.

Most people feel there can never be another Madhuri Dixit.

In fact, the audiences still send me fan mails. It is a beautiful feeling to be loved and cherished. Talent never dies. I was very apprehensive about dancing on stage. I hadn't done it for four years. To my surprise, it wasn't difficult.

Even Saroj-ji (Khan) said it didn't look like I had been away for so long. Acting and dancing are hard to forget.

I noticed you only danced to the 'Devdas' songs. 

Yes, I had the chance to perform my earlier hit songs at Filmfare Awards. I had never performed the 'Devdas' numbers. They all have a great dignity to them, and they have a touch of the classical. That element in dancing is really close to my heart.

Do you miss the film industry?

It depends on what you mean by the industry. If you mean the paraphernalia, then I don't miss that. But I miss my craft, the preparation for scenes, the nervousness before every shot and all that dhak dhak....

But I hardly have time to think of all this in LA. My kids are young - one and three years old - and demanding. But in a quiet moment I do think about my studio life.

The older son will soon get to know how famous his mom is. 

He got a taste of it when he went to the doctor in Mumbai. A photographer followed us and clicked us. You should have seen how delighted my son was.

Your sons are the only ones not aware of your stardom. 

Absolutely! When I came home after performing at the Filmfare Awards they refused to recognise me with all that makeup. They couldn't watch me, even on TV. It was too late by the time my performance came on.

Once in LA I tried to show them my songs. They weren't interested. And when I showed my son my face on the DVD of 'Devdas', he casually said, 'That's you, Mom.' He doesn't connect with my stardom. It would be fun to see how they react to Madhuri, the star.

Do you miss the adulation? 

Not at all! I am too busy being the wife and mom. It was a dream for me to have my own family. And I have it today. I grew up in a big family. It was very important for me to have one of my own... as important as my stardom, in fact more... I enjoyed the acting. But I was sure of how many years I'd give my career. After enjoying every bit of that I'm now enjoying domesticity.

I am sure you get recognized in LA. 

Oh yes. In the mall they come up to have a picture with me. That's it. They mean well.

You have come back to a different film industry...

Yes I have. Today's films are technically so much more advanced. And since Hindi cinema now goes to many parts of the world, they are aesthetically far better than the films earlier on. I look at some my earlier films and cringe.

But that was what filmmaking was about then. I enjoyed it thoroughly. Though it's great to see the changes. I love the care taken to look into details.

Do you have lots of friends in the industry? 

Not very many. But yes I have lots of well-wishers. And I know if they have something in mind, they'll approach me. The project has to be worth my while. Actually there were three films I was supposed to do two years ago. But they didn't happen because I got pregnant.

I guess at that point of time bringing up a baby was more exciting than doing a movie. Now people who come to me, do so with concrete characters and not just random offers. That's wonderful. I am open to all kinds offers as long as I am not asked to do anything boring.

Have you watched any films lately? 

I saw a few songs of 'Bunty Aur Babli'. I love the song 'Kajra re'. 'Parineeta' is the only one film I have seen and I liked it.

You'd have fitted in it very nicely. 

But Vidya Balan has done a wonderful job. Now that I'm here I plan to leave the two boys with my parents to catch up with the new films.

Aamir Hussain Khan (Born on 14 March 1965) is an Indian film actor, director, and producer who has established himself as one of the leading actors of Hindi cinema (commonly referred to as "Bollywood"). Starting his career as a child actor in his uncle Nasir Hussain's film Yaadon Ki Baaraat (1973), Khan began his professional career eleven years later with Holi (1984) and had his first commercial success with Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988). He received his first National Film Award as a Special Jury Award for his roles in the films Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988) and Raakh (1989). After eight previous nominations during the 1980s and 1990s, Khan received his first Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his performance in the major grosser Raja Hindustani (1996) and later earned his second Best Actor award for his performance in the Academy Award-nominated Lagaan, which also marked the debut of his own production company. Following a four-year break from acting, Khan made his comeback playing the title role in the historical drama Mangal Pandey: The Rising (2005), and later won a Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor for his role in Rang De Basanti (2006). The following year, he made his directorial debut with Taare Zameen Par, for which he received the Filmfare Award for Best Director. This was followed by the thriller Ghajini (2008), which became the highest grossing film of that year, and the comedy 3 Idiots (2009), which became the highest-grossing Bollywood film of all-time. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 2003 and the Padma Bhushan in 2010 for his contributions towards the arts. On 30 November 2011, Khan was appointed as national brand ambassador of UNICEF to promote child nutrition. He is part of the government organised IEC campaign to raise awareness about malnutrition.

In an exclusive interview with Radhika Bhirani, Aamir Khan talks about his show Satyamev Jayate, on why he is not interested in joining politics and his reactions to the response his talk show has got from all over India.

Q: Your show Satyamev Jayate has received stupendous response from all quarters. Has the audience given it more love than you expected?

Aamir Khan: This is a very dream reaction that we are getting.. right from Kashmir to Kanyakumari, people are watching it in the small towns, villages, big cities… People across all economic groups and across rural and urban areas are watching it. The way people are emotionally connected to it is great. The way it is moving them, touching them, and affecting them is very heartening.

Q: You seem to have donned the role of a social reformer. Post Satyamev Jayate, do we see you take on a larger role at some point, perhaps join politics?

Aamir Khan: I am not interested in politics, so I won’t be joining politics. I feel what I am able to do from where I am, from the the stream that I am in, is much more. I can contribute much more (this way). So I am happy doing that.

Q: Is there any follow-up mechanism to the social issues that you have been raising on the show?

Aamir Khan: We believe information and knowledge make you act differently. Giving a broad example, if you look at a film like Taare Zameen Par.. When the film was released, majority of the country’s population had no idea that there was something like dyslexia, a learning disability. Thereafter, it started having an impact that has continued till today. So what we can do with this show is – 13 Taare Zameen Par.

We are trying to get the viewers to look inwards. We are not expecting you to join an andolan (revolution) on female foeticide, nor are we expecting you to barge in each house of your neighbourhood to check if they are doing it or not… what we are expecting is that you yourself should not do it, and if somebody is thinking of doing it, you should discourage them from doing it.

We are trying to show the way forward. And by that I don’t mean that we have a solution. So in answer to what the follow up is to this – I don’t know what it is. What we are doing is basic, essential, fundamental and primary. And according to me, the follow-up or rather fallout of this will be very organic in itself.

Q: Several individuals and NGOs work towards society’s betterment. But that hasn’t helped so far. What do you have to say?

Aamir Khan: We are not discovering a new issue, we are actually tackling issues that are well known. Our research is based on work done by experts and social activists over the last 20 to 30 years. So their work is remarkable and important. Now what do I bring to the table?

Their work is the foundation of our work, and I am using my goodwill, which I have earned over the last two-and-a-half-decades. I am trying to put it to good use and using television, a fantastically strong medium, to address issues on a mass scale.

Q: You have let go of the aura around a celebrity to come closer to the country’s masses and their problems. How gratifying is the experience?

Aamir Khan: It’s been an amazing journey to come in contact with people from different parts of the country and from different cultures. I have had the good fortune of learning so much more about the country. It has got me closer to the people of our country. It is a huge learning experience for me to do this show.

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