Bollywood’s style icon is making her presence felt in the fashion circuit across the border. Kareena Kapoor recently shot for Pakistan’s Firdaus Fashion.

This is for the first time an Indian actress has shot for a fashion house in Pakistan. In keeping with the nation’s sensibility, Kareena’s dresses are modern yet traditional. In vibrant hues she looks glamorous and the salwar-suits from the designer house makes her looks elegant.

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Mumbai will see a guest in Akon on Monday. The rapper will come here to record for a song for SRK-Kareena’s next film together ‘Ra 1′. It will be a Vishal-Shekhar composition.

Confirming Akon’s recording in Mumbai, ‘Ra.1′ director Anubhav Sinha says, “Akon will be here for the recording on 9th and 10th March.”

But the singer’s arrival is kept under wraps. He will be escorted from the airport discreetly from the airport.

Come April and it will be a good time for Akon’s fans. He will be performing with music composer Adhesh Srivastava in live concerts. Says Aadesh, “Akon is coming to India this month. He’ll be here a couple of days. Akon then returns to India in April, this time for concerts with me. We’re at the moment working out the details and venues.”

While Shah Rukh will lip-sync Akon’s lines, the song in Hindi and English will also feature a female voice, since Kareena Kapoor will be dancing with SRK in the song. The female voice has not been decided as yet. But Kareena Kapoor giving playback for herself is not ruled out.

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Rahul Mahajan’s newlywed wife Dimpy Ganguly, whom he married on a highly watched and much talked about reality show, wants her husband to pursue a political career like his father, late Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pramod Mahajan, rather than be in show business.

“I really want him (Rahul) to pursue a political career,” Dimpy told reporters in Mumbai on Saturday night after exchanging wedding vows with Rahul on Imagine TV’s Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega.

To this, 35-year-old Rahul said: “I’ll first manage my home and once that is settled, I’ll manage the country.”

Rahul has earlier participated in reality show “Bigg Boss” too.

Dimpy, 21, is a model and actress by profession. She piped other finalists Nikunj Malik, 25 and Harpreet, 21, apart from over 16,500 applicants from across the country to be Rahul’s wife. And the Bengali lass says she will continue to work after marriage as well.

“Rahul doesn’t want me to be a housewife. So I’ll work. But I don’t know yet what I will be doing,” said Dimpy, who was sporting a red wedding outfit designed by Neeta Lulla, the traditional ‘mangal sutra’ in her neck and vermillion on her forehead.

Rahul had vowed to marry a girl on national TV and he kept his promise by doing so with the Kolkata-based girl, despite the recent death of his uncle Praveen Mahajan, who was convicted for killing his politician father Pramod Mahajan in 2006.

The duo will be registering their marriage on Tuesday in Bandra, Mumbai.

Rahul’s mother Rekha Mahajan was present during the lavish wedding and blessed the couple. His father’s photograph was also placed at the marriage venue.

Dimpy’s family members as well as several TV celebrities attended the glitzy event at the Leela Kempinski Hotel in Mumbai.

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Souther siren Asin Thottumkal features on the March edition of Jade magazine. Asin who is still waiting for a hit after dream debut Ghajini talks about her plans, Tamil, Bollywood and Telgu films in this issue.

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