"I know he’s coming back to me at night" – Bipasha

I’ve purposely ignored all the speculations about my relationship with John all this while. Too paraphrase Shaw, reports of its demise are vastly exaggerated. I have avoided commenting on this, despite a variety of insulting, ridiculous and downright laughable suggestions.

If the media is to be believed, John apparently has no consistent taste in women, so he chases every woman that the media finds available. If half of their insecurities for me were true, I would be a nervous wreck. I’m also aware that our continued togetherness doesn’t sell newspapers. Our real and imagined miseries do.

However, I feel I need to make a few things clear. I guess celebrity relationships have always been under scrutiny and nothing will change in a long time. So here’s my piece.

John is not my business partner. We are not together for the convenience of advertisers. We are a couple and that is why they ask us to endorse their products – as a couple. He is very focused. Likes to the marketing task before fitting himself, and us, into them. I like that.

I know how serious John is, about his work. And that means he spends very little of his energy chasing short term relationships. In fact, I rarely call him at work. I’m not a phone person. John does most of the calling. And if he doesn’t, I know he’s working.

John has never had just a fleeting interest in anything. Not his bikes, his business ventures, his endorsements or his relationships. Either he’s totally engrossed in them, or he’s not. So ladies, despite what I may read in the papers in the morning, I know he’s coming back to me at night.

The above column is a part of Bipasha’s diary from her official website

Metro to have a 3 continent premiere

From the euphoria of a fast paced life, to the breakdown of a short-lived relationship… it's a journey everybody staying in metros across the world undertake daily. UTV's film 'Metro' depicts this aspect, in director Anurag Basu's signature style. The very aptly named 'Metro' , which already has garnered brand associations worth Rs. 2.25 crores, releases worldwide on May 11 with a 3 continent première that includes metros like Dubai, London, Melbourne and Mumbai - first time for an Indian film. Starring Shilpa Shetty, Shiney Ahuja, Kay Kay Menon, Konkana Sen Sharma, Sharman Joshi, Kangna Ranaut, the film is about the thrills and shrills of being a metro citizen.

The action does not stop here… also seen strumming the strings of the guitar will be Band Metro, a melting pot of musical talent that consists of Pritam (music director for Metro), James, Soham, Suhail, as they set out for a 4 city tour across India in cities like Kolkata, Delhi, Pune, Bangalore, where they would perform live at theatres, clubs, pubs to give the audience a slice of the film through music, which is an integral part of the film storyline.

Says Siddharth Roy Kapur, EVP - Marketing, Distribution & Syndication, UTV "We plan to take the film Metro across the globe as it's the story of people living in a metro, they could be anywhere in the world. Thus keeping this universal theme in mind we première the film across prominent metros of the world like Dubai, London, Melbourne, Mumbai backed by whole host of marketing blitz."

The visual aspect of Metro life will be captured by a photo exhibition to be held in Mumbai. Photographers across Mumbai and Delhi have taken snapshots, depicting life in metropolitans, which will be auctioned. Also on the Metro wagon are brand like Shaadi.com and Lenovo that would be running contests, promotions around the release of the film.

Ekta Kapoor angry with Gulshan Grover

Gulshan Grover has modeled his character in choreographer Saroj Khan's son Raju Khan's showbiz-expose Showbiz on Ekta Kapoor. The TV tycoon is far from flattered. Producer Mahesh Bhatt known to cannibalize his friends' lives, and his own in at least four films (Arth, Phir Teri Kahani Yaag Aayi, Zakhm and Woh Lamhe) is as usual, candid on the matter.

"It was my director Raju Khan and Gullu (Grover) who decided to incorporate the personality of an excessively religious media into Gullu's character. They claim this character is sourced to the lady (Ekta). If Gullu hadn't revealed this for obvious reasons no one would've known about it. All art plagiarizes from life. But here the 'credit' must go entirely to Gulshan Grover. Because it was he who thought of this touch of realism".

Ekta Kapoor is none too pleased with this 'tribute'. “All I've to say is… why? Why is Mr Gulshan Grover playing me? This is the first time I'm hearing about this. And I really don't want to say much. I've too much happening in my office to worry about who's playing me in a movie."

Currently she's neck-deep in issues involving the change of the main cast in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. "I can't deny there're some important changes happening in the serial. I'll soon be in a position to reveal those changes.”