Subhash Ghai signs Celina for Paying Guest

Subhash Ghai's Paying Guest will be Celina's third film of the five-film deal with Mukta Arts.

"I am doing the film along with Shreyas Talpade and Suniel Shetty," says an excited Celina Jaitley.

She further adds, "My character in the film is that of a demanding and dominating girlfriend, and the story revolves around five close friends, who reside together in Dubai."

Paying Guest - a comedy film written by Paritosh Painter and directed by Subhash Ghai - also has Jaaved Jaffrey, Aashish Choudhary, Johnny Lever, Chunkey Pandey, Asrani, Paintal and Delnaaz Paul.

The shoot of the film will start from the second week of April and will release in the month of October.

Celina Jaitley de-glamorized in Golmaal Returns

Audiences who have been seeing Celina in her glam roles will now see her in a completely different light as she has been roped in to star opposite Shreyas Talpade in the sequel to Shree Ashtavinayak's hit laugh riot Golmaal, Golmaal Returns directed by Rohit Shetty.

The actress will be joining the likes of Ajay Devgan, Kareena Kapoor, Arshad Warsi, Tusshar Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade and Anjana Sukhani in the lead for the film with supporting cast being Mukesh Tiwari, Murli Sharma, Sanjay Mishra and Vrajesh Hirjee.

"We were looking out for a girl who is very glamorous in real life but the role would be that of a completely opposite person in the film. Celina will be playing a very normal, simple, and different girl in Golmaal Returns, opposite Shreyas Talpade. She is the sort of girl who for some reason everyone is searching for in the film!" says Rohit Shetty.

And when asked why she chose to do this film, Celina says, "Rohit and Ashtavinayak have created magic with Golmaal and I loved the film! No way was I going to give up the opportunity of being a part of the magical return of Golmaal!"

Celina@Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2008

Bollywood actress Celina Jaitley presents a creation by Indian designer Varun Bahl at the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2008 in New Delhi.

More than 40 designers will be showcasing their spring and summer collections for 2008 at the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week, vying to catch the attention of up to 80 international buyers during the five-day extravaganza.

Celina Jaitley signs second Hollywood film

Joining the biggest management firm in Hollywood has certainly worked in the favour of Bollywood actress Celina Jaitley.

For the actress is reported to have been signed to play a pivotal role in historical movie, The Quest of Sheherzade , which is from the famous epic One Thousand And One Nights (Arabian Nights).

The movie will have Celina sharing the screen space with two Hollywood stars. The Quest of Sheherzade will be made for international audience.

Celina's acting career has turned around ever since she signed with Brillstein-Grey Entertainment, an elite management firm in Hollywood, which represents stars like Brad Pitt, Orlando Bloom, Nicholas Cage and Branden Fraser.

Celina is already acting in the English movie Love Has No Language, which is a joint New Zealand-Australian venture. The actress has no plans to leave Bollywood. But she says she wants to do at least one international film every year.

Well, she's already got two this year!

Celina signs up with Hollywood's biggest Management firm

While actresses such as Aishwarya Rai are signed with Managers that have three other Bollywood stars only, Celina Jaitly has now signed with the biggest management firm in Hollywood - Brillstein-Grey Entertainment.

For starters, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment represents A-List stars such as Brad Pitt, Natalie Portman, Adam Sandler, Orlando Bloom, Andy Garcia, Nicolas Cage, Gwyneth Paltrow, Brendan Fraser and many others.

Celina has now just joined the elite list!

Celina's manager is one of the most credible representatives in Hollywood and it has not been few hours since the signing and there are already a storm of offers on the table.

One of the most prominent offers that she has received is to play a lead role in a historical epic. In addition, she has also been invited as a lead guest starring roles in hit television shows.

Celina in a Pink Panther film?

Just recently Celina was asked to play the role of Sophie in the next Pink Panther movie.

However, as she is currently in the middle of a cross over campaign, the A-list agents that are interested in representing her advised her to pass on the project.

Meanwhile she continues to select her Bollywood projects quite carefully.

After three back to back successes in 2006 [Zinda, Tom, Dick and Harry, Apna Sapna Money Money], her glamorous presence was noticed in both Red and Shakalaka Boom Boom this year.

Update - Celina is not doing the film.

Celina Walks The Red Carpet At Hollywood

Celina Jaitley is fast turning into a renowned international celebrity.

After working in Love Has No Language , she is now wooing nothing less than Hollywood!

On July 31, she walked the red carpet at Hollywood, California, where she took the stand with 21 major celebrities of the world. They all have made an appearance for July issue of Vanity Fair.

The list included George Clooney, Oprah Winfrey, Super Model Iman, Bono, President Bush, Bill Gates, Madonna and many more.

Celina announced - "Do the Red Thing" - while being dressed in red for the red carpet of RED for Africa event.

Her quotes were greeted with a thunderous applause with both media as well as fans turning crazy with her first ever Hollywood appearance.

An actress whose stocks are only on a rise over the last two years is looking forward to meeting some of the most notable executives there who are waiting with numerous proposals to rope her in for some major projects in the pipeline.

Celina is the sexiest woman in India!

She's shooting in New Zealand for her international film, and Celina Jaitley is all smiles.

The lady sure has extra reason to smile these days as she's recently been voted the sexiest woman in India by a foreign publication.

From what we gather, Celina is followed by Mallika Sherawat, Bipasha Basu, Koena Mitra and newcomer Sherlyn Chopra in the list. "I was flattered when I heard this," says Celina. "My fans have been messaging me and I take it as a compliment."

In fact, like few other actresses, Celina doesn't take the 'sexy' tag badly.

"It's cool that I can wear anything and carry it off because of my face. My sex appeal lies in my face. I don't think you need to flaunt your body, when your face says it all."

Trust Celina to come up with a quotable quote!

Celina is popular in New Zealand

Celina Jaitley is spending a month in New Zealand for the shooting of her new film and needless to say, her list of admirers there is growing!

A foreigner saw her at a night club and he was so besotted with her that he took up a guitar and began strumming and singing for her in front of everybody.

Celina blushed a bright red, specially because her mom and the entire film crew was present at the venue. When the actress didn't respond, the man actually penned an impromptu poem and sent it to her.

Later, one of the unit people went up to him and told him that Celina was an Indian actress and that she didn't want to be disturbed. The fan apologised saying, "With such beauty, she couldn't be anybody else."

Celina's spending another month in New Zealand for the shooting of the film and enjoying all the attention from her admirers.

Related Article: Celina signs International film

Celina to shoot with Alec Baldwin

According to sources, Celina will be off to the US later this month to shoot along with Hollywood star Alec Baldwin, who incidentally is the brand ambassador with PETA in Hollywood.

She will be shooting with him to promote the cause of elephants in Bollywood and Hollywood. Celina has always been associated with animal rights since her NCC days. Staying in the natural surroundings of Ranikhet, she was always in the forefront in endorsing animal rights.

Celina was recently chosen as the brand ambassador for PETA for the cause of Elephants.

Celina signs PETA

Nowadays Celina Jaitley is in news again.

After her international contract for a film she has again created a buzz to the media. PETA (People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animal ) has asked Celina for their newest awareness campaign which she agreed to do.

PETA India, based in Mumbai, was launched in January 2000. They usually campaign for the animals who suffer in the zoos and circus and by their trainers. Many bollywood actors have signed PETA and are doing the campaign for them. They have chosen Celina Jaitley for this newest campaign because she has a special corner for the elephants and according to PETA she is an animal lover and actively involved with some organization that collects funds for these elephants.
PETA has organized an event on their newest campaign where Celina proves that how much she is an ' Ele-friend'. This event will be held on 22nd of this month at 102, Aram Nagar II, Versova, Andheri (West) from 12.30pm onwards. Not only that, a special photo shoot with her for an ad at the same day with one of the renowned photographer Rakesh Shrestha.

PETA is very much hopeful that with her help they can create awareness into the mass to protect elephants.

Celina signs International film

According to Joginder Tuteja from IndiaFm, while numerous upcoming and established actors have been making (or creating) news about their 'crossover' to foreign shores for a film project, Celina Jaitley has gone ahead and signed one without making much hue and cry about the entire matter.

The film is a New Zealand-Australian co-production and is being backed by a leading Hollywood production house. Titled Love Has No Language, this big budget film has New Zealand actor Ben Mitchell as the lead actor opposite Celina.

Celina would be leaving for New Zealand on 25th May for 45 days start to finish shoot and would be back in mid-July. On being asked about the hush-hush manner in which the project has shaped up, Celina replies, "There was no point talking about it till the time everything is finalized. I have always believed in working that way. Just yesterday the entire paperwork was completed and in a fortnight's time I am already flying for the shoot."

Divulging more about the project, she says, "The film is about an Indian family settled in New Zealand that has a daughter Marina Roy (played by me) who has lived her entire life in the country and is a complete Kiwi-Indian. On the other hand her parents belong to the era of 1947 when families migrated overseas. Unke khayalaat bilkul us sadi ke hain due to which the conflicts in thought process arise."

What exactly did she look in her role and the character that makes her excited about Love Has No Language? "The beauty of playing a core Indian girl", she replies pronto. "It is so ironical naa that while working in Hindi films over here in India, I could never get a chance to play a girl who is completely Indian with the adequate mannerisms, body language et al in place. On the other hand now that I am working in an International project, I have been given this opportunity."

Does this mean that her fans would miss out on her ultra-glamorous avtar? "Ha ha, no nothing of that sorts", she clears out, "See, glam or non-glam are the terms that we use so freely. I play a Kiwi-Indian in the movie but that doesn't mean that I have to be in a no-makeup or so-called non-glam avtar. But yes, the film is more value based than anything else and it is the character and not an individual which is required to be glam or non-glam!"

Is Celina going to introduce songs and dances in the film industry out there in New Zealand and Australia?" "I guess that's not what my role demands", laughs Celina, "I don't see myself singing around the tress in the film."

Celina is the brand ambassador for Egyptian Tourism

The Egypt Tourism Authority has signed Celina Jaitley as their Brand Ambassador to endorse Egyptian tourism in India. The announcement was made by the Chairman of the Egyptian Tourism Authority Mr. Amerl El Ezaby. He said that they are happy to be associated with Celina Jaitley as her personality compliments the vibrant beauty of Egypt and very well represents the spirit of their campaign.

Celina began her endorsement of Egypt at the press conference by inviting people to experience the mystique and charm of Egypt. It is said that almost half million US dollars will be spent in next six months to encourage travel between India and Egypt.

Anupam, Celina in Indo-Pak production

Director Shashi Ranjan has joined hands with Pakistan's Syma Khar to make their first Indo-Pak production. Titled MUNGILAL ROCKS, Shashi and Syma have signed a host of Indian actors for pivotal roles: Anupam Kher, Celina Jaitley, Johny Lever, Rakhi Sawant, Ranveer Shorey, Gulshan Grover and Satish Shah.

The songs will be composed by Roop Kumar Rathod.

Celina is the brand ambassador for Jashn

Bikini Babe Celina and saree sounds like unusual combination. But very few people know that glamorous Celina loves to wear sarees than any other attire. Celina has launched Jashn Sarees and is also designing her own range of wraps with Jashn.

CEO Rahuul Jashnani of Jashn says, "We are launching a new collection called Celina's Jashn by the end of March. Celina has worked hard on designing lace fabric. She is young vivacious and also a youth icon. Celina can carry off sarees well so we decided that to have her as the brand ambassador of Jashn."

Speaking about the same Celina says, "I love wearing sarees and when CEO of Jashn Sarees, Rahuul Jashnani, suggested me to become a brand ambassador for Jashn, I said yes immediately. My personal choice is lace sarees. You will always find me in black sarees. I will also share my creative ideas with their designers."

Celina also has her next release Red lined up for release. The film stars Aftab Shivdasani and Amrita Arora and is directed by Vikram Bhatt.

Celina is hot as usual in Shakalaka

Celina Jaitley sure looks sexy in her films -- never mind their box-office fate.

Her last release, Apna Sapna Money Money, saw her seducing all the men in sight.

And the upcoming Shakalaka Boom Boom, too, sees her heat up the screens opposite model-turned-actor Upen Patel.

The other heroine in Shakalaka is Kangana Ranaut, who looked striking in her earlier films, Gangster and Woh Lamhe. Kangana is paired opposite Bobby Deol in Shakalaka.

Suneel Darshan (Ek Rishta: The Bond Of Love) is the director of the film, and the music is by Himesh Reshammiya.

Shakalaka will hit theatres some time in 2007.

Celina's having the last laugh!

Celina's last release Apna Sapna Money Money was almost ironical. No, not the film, but her experience while shooting the film. "It was a very emotional time for me. I had just broken up with my boyfriend Sean Teague, and I was still trying to cope with it. And I had to go out there and shoot funny scenes. It was so ironical. But my director and co-stars were very supportive, so I sailed through it. So when I get compliments for the film now, I feel happier than usual, because the emotions attached to it are very different," explains Celina, in a very emotional tone. Well as far as CJ is concerned, we don't think the comedy flick was funny at all. But with all the compliments flowing in, we think she's having the last laugh anyways!

Celina gets her portrait worth Rs. 10 lakhs as a gift

Celina Jaitley has received an unusual gift from one of her fans from Kolkata. Wasim Kapoor, a painter by profession based in Kolkata gave her a painting worth Rs. 10 Lakh. Interestingly this 3x2 ft painting has Celina in a traditional outfit inspired from one of her photo shoots.

According to Wasim he liked the picture of Celina in a traditional outfit in an Umrao Jaan-like pose in a newspaper and decided to reinterpret this picture on canvas.

It came as a surprise for the actress, who took it as a compliment. Celina said that she had shot that picture just for a lark. But when artists like Wasim Kapoor immortalized her on canvas, it's like a compliment for her.