March 25, 08 by Ballz Bollywood!
While promoting Samsung mobiles not very long ago, Aamir Khan was asked whether he had a question for Shahrukh Khan.
“Well I would ask him what it feels to be No 2 after Aamir,” he promptly shot back grinning impishly.
Aamir and his smug comments don‘t always hit the right chords!
When Shahrukh was asked about the actor’s light-hearted dig at him, he replied with a mix of humility and sarcasm in his voice:
“I know that you all want me to comment so that you can make a controversial article out of it, but I know that Aamir was just joking and did not mean it seriously. Aamir is my friend and I understand his sense of humour and he understands mine. Even if he meant it seriously than I will take it as a compliment and I am really proud of such compliments”.
The over-confident actor added, “In fact he and I should not be compared because we are totally different from each other. He talks very less and I do all the talking. I do not even ask questions from him because he takes a lot of time to answer them”.
Shahrukh said he had to hold back from commenting on Aamir, as his wife warned him not to say a word against him. “Gauri will beat me up if I say anything about Aamir as she is an Aamir Khan fan,” he said.
March 23, 08 by Ballz Bollywood!
Aamir Khan, 43 years old, debuted a daring new look at the premiere of “Race”, Thursday night, March 20.
The actor explains that his buzz cut isn’t for fun, but rather for a role in the upcoming film “Ghajini”: “This is what I’m going to look after the second part of the film. The character, I’m playing in the film suffers head injuries and you can see some prominent spots in my head,” says Aamir.
He adds: “This is how it’s gonna look and I’m going to keep it like this till the end of the film,” rubbishing rumours that he is going completely bald.
While we generally prefer our men with a little more hair on their heads, we have to respect that Aamir can boldly rock the short ‘n spiky look while he waits for it to grow back!
To see who else attended the star- studded premiere in Mumbai, Read the rest of this entry »
March 12, 08 by Ballz Bollywood!
It’s not everyday we get to see Aamir Khan with his children. The actor-turned director prefers to keep himself and his family out of the spotlight, and so when we came across these pictures, we couldn’t pass up on posting them!
During last night’s screening of Umesh Kulkarni’s Marathi film Valu, the pint-sized actor proudly showed off his teenage son who just happens to be taller than him!
January 01, 08 by Ballz Bollywood!
Finally a movie that isn’t a Hollywood rip-off! Having just watched Taare Zameen Par, Ballz is putting away the tissues for a moment to give you the low-down on a film that lives up to its expectations and even exceeds them!
Aamir Khan’s masterpiece is a story of eight year old Ishaan Awasthi (brilliantly portrayed by Darsheel Safary), a child suffering from Dyslexia (a learning disorder). The movie traces his struggle to fit in with other children his age.
His incapability of grasping his studies leads his teachers to believe he’s nothing but a bull-headed little brat with an attitude to be punished. His parents played by Tisca Chopra and Vipin Sharma don’t make life any easier for him when they send him packing to a boarding school to be harassed some more and sink into an almost catatonic state, before he’s eventually saved by a substitute art teacher, Ram (Aamir Khan).
Darsheel Safary‘s performance is simply mind-blowing. He awoke so many emotions in us, from anger towards his surrounding to sympathy towards him while we fought this lump in our throat that had been there for the longest time. All this based solely on Ishaan’s expressions and body language!
Without giving too much away, TZP has its gripping moments. We would be lying if we said that the movie does not lag a bit here and there. But we’re willing to ignore that considering the fact that this is Aamir’s directorial debut with rather nobel intentions.
Long story short, If you’ve had it with Bollywood’s buckets of glycerine tears and miles of jangling bangles and jiggling bellies, click on the video below for a breath of fresh air!
December 27, 07 by Ballz Bollywood!
Teji Bachchan, actress and mother of Amitabh Bachchan passed away on Friday after suffering from numerous health problems for nearly a year.
The 93-year-old was best known for being the second wife of renowned Hindi poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan. In fact, the death of his first wife Shyama sent him into a profound depression and brought on the voices in his head which only Teji could shut off after hooking him in 1941.
Together the two would sing their little hearts out and often won wide acclaim during their younger days as a singing duo.
After losing his father in 2002 at the age of 96, Amitabh bid farewell to his mother at the Juhu Cremation Ground Saturday, December 22.
Most of the Bachchan family and friends visited them to pay their respects. Two unlikely frenemies to show up were Vivek Oberi (pictured below) and Aamir Khan.
After recently slamming Amitabh’s acting skills, the actor was too chicken to face the Bachchan household alone and ended up dragging his wife along to pay his condolences. Vivek, on the other hand, was ballsy enough to attend the funeral, perhaps exchanging a few glances with his ex, Aishwarya Rai.
