Deepika Padukone plays host at Yuvraj’s birthday party

On Wednesday, December 12, actress Deepika Padukone was the centre of attention at the birthday party of cricketer Yuvraj Singh. The party, at Mumbai’s J W Marriott Hotel, was attended by close friends and relatives.

Yuvraj was obviously in a mood to party after proving wrong all the criticism about him at the five-day format of cricket and Deepika was cheekily complementing his mood.

Adds a source, “She mingled with the guests as if she belonged to Yuvraj’s family. The duo looked more than just friends if their body language was any indication.” Is Dhoni listening?

Google in India’s fast lane; Orkut fast rising search query

Indian netizens continued to swoon over Aishwarya Rai making her the most searched for Bollywood celebrity on search engine Google in 2007, even as newcomer Deepika Padukone — who made her Bollywood debut with Om Shanti Om in November — earned a spot in the top 10 list in the category.

According to the first-ever annual ‘Google Zeitgeist’ report for India (indicating the fastest rising and highest volume search terms submitted to Google in the country), the poster girl of Indian tennis Sania Mirza, was the top Sportstar on Google search, and Mahatma Gandhi the ‘most searched for political leader’.

In a reflection of the rising popularity of social networking service amongst Indian online audiences, Orkut emerged at the top of another category titled the “fast-rising search queries”, followed by YouTube and Gmail, respectively. Other terms such as Map, Google, Indian Railways, Yahoo Mail, Technology, Yahoo and Zapak completed the list of top 10 ‘fast rising search queries in 2007’.

“Social networking tops the list, followed closely by other platforms of online communication and interaction,” Google said.
Methodology

Explaining the methodology of hot searches, Google said its ‘Google Zeitgeist’ was calculated by looking at the aggregation of the most popular and fast-rising search queries submitted to Google by Indian users.

“In compiling the 2007 year-end Google Zeitgeist, we studied the aggregation of billions of search queries people from India conducted on Google. To come up with this list, we looked at several thousand of 2007’s most popular searches, and ranked them based on how much their popularity increased compared to 2006.

“For example, Deepika Padukone’s popularity online soared in 2007. We also gave a proportionately higher score to searches with more traffic increase. Separately, we also computed the most popular queries in 2007 by volume,” Google said.

Amongst the Bollywood celebrities, the pecking order saw Salman Khan take the second slot after Aishwarya Rai, followed by Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif, Shahrukh Khan, Mallika Sherawat, Priyanka Chopra, Kareena Kapoor, and Rani Mukherjee.

While Sania Mirza led the list of top 10 sportstars, other most-searched for Sports personalities were Maria Sharapova, Sachin Tendulkar, John Cena, David Beckham, Cristiano Ronaldo, Rahul Dravid, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Sourav Ganguly, and Anna Kournikova.

Sorry girls! Ranbir Kapoor is taken by Sonam Kapoor!

here is more to the Ranbir Kapoor-Sonam Kapoor chemistry in Saawariya than just hard work.



News is that Ranbir and Sonam Kapoor are dating each other seriously. Few days ago, Ranbir and Sonam were spotted walking hand-in-hand into a suburban five-star hotel in Mumbai.

Says an eyewitness, "Ranbir and Sonam were absolutely not conscious of the fact that they were holding hands. They looked completely at ease. It was apparent that they are in love."

We have more dope on the young couple’s love life. "Sonam has been visiting Ranbir’s house very often these days. She gets along very well with Ranbir’s mother, Neetu Singh. Rishi is a bit strict and generally keeps to himself. Often, Ranbir and Sonam go out together for long drives and dinners," says a source.

The two hit it off long back, when they started out as assistants on the sets of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Black. Then came Saawariya and their friendship turned into romance on the sets. Before Saawariya hit the theatres, Ranbir was linked up with Om Shanti Om heroine Deepika Padukone. When contacted, Ranbir’s mother, Neetu Singh says, rather honestly, "Yes, Sonam comes to our place often. Ranbir and Sonam go out together often too."

Ranbir has attracted lot of female attention. Apart from being linked with Deepika, there have been reports that he was smitten by designer Nandita Mahtani. Sonam, meanwhile, has steered clear of controversies till now. Both of them have said earlier that they are just friends.

Deepika Padukone in 'Krrish' sequel?

Deepika Padukone is just one film old and already the model turned actress is receiving plenty of offers after her performance was appreciated opposite Shah Rukh Khan in Om Shanti Om .

Deepika has many film offers and the latest buzz is that she may be seen opposite Hrithik Roshan in the sequel of Krrish .




Deepika's first film was opposite the King Khan, and she is also doing films with other stars like Akshay Kumar , Ranbir Kapoor etc.

And now reports are that after working with top actresses like Preity Zinta ( Koi Mil Gaya ) and Priyanka Chopra (‘Krrish’), Rakesh Roshan is supposedly keen to work with upcoming star Deepika.

The senior Roshan merely stated, "If Deepika suits the role, I will definitely consider working with her. But I cannot let you know much at this point because nothing is finalized yet.”

However some sources also claim that after Priyanka was criticized for her poor performance and look in ‘Krrish’, and now Roshan is not keen to cast her in the sequel again and hence he has decided to rope in Deepika instead.

So Deepika's kitty seems to be full right now with mega offers.

I am not engaged to Yuvi, please...

New Delhi, Dec 19: Earlier it was Team India skipper, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and now his deputy Yuvraj Singh's alleged proximity with the leggy lass Deepika Padukone is doing rounds in the media circles.

OSO hot statement Deepika Padukone is quite fed up with the continuous hype and she has also denied reports about her engagement with Yuvraj.

The actress, who was recently in the capital to endorse Swiss watch brand Tissot, said her alleged engagement with Yuvi was the 'strangest' thing among her alleged link ups.

Deepika, who is the daughter of legendary shuttler Prakash Padukone, said: "I am very closely associated with sports. I have played games like badminton, basketball, tennis, throwball and baseball."

It is worth mentioning here that the newcomer struck gold with her debut film Om Shanti Om opposite Shah Rukh Khan.