Archive for May, 2009



Minissha Lamba has just returned from a gruelling one month outdoor schedule of Well Done Abba. Though she is chilling out at the moment and catching up with friends and family, she looks back quite fondly on working with director Shyam Benegal.

“Much before beginning to shoot for the film, I was sure about one thing that I couldn’t let Shyam sir down”, says Minissha with respect in her voice for the veteran film maker, “Here I was working with a man who has been directing for 35 years now so I had to be nothing but perfect with my performance.”

With such a senior person calling the shots, wasn’t it intimidating to take directions from him? Continue reading ‘Minissha excited to work with Shyam Benegal’

That Minissha Lamba is a versatile actress is something that we all know but not too many of us know that she takes a keen interest in the bat and ball game.

In town recently, we caught up with the actress who was busy catching up on the IPL action on television. “Cricket is fun, especially the new T20 format! It’s a complete entertainer. Even women love watching this game. And why not? It gets over in just three hours,” Minissha says. Continue reading ‘Minissha wants to be all bloodied & bruised’

Barely had BollySpice reported that Minissha Lamba had walked out of the Karan Johar Production Jihaad because she refused to do some possible intimate scenes with co-star Vivek Oberoi, Lamba has come out and clarified her reasons for leaving the upcoming Rensil D’Silva directed feature. In fact, her grounds for opting out of the film were simply because she had passport issues, “The pages on my passport had been used up and I had sent it for renewal. It took so long, that there wasn’t much time for me to leave for New York to shoot,” she clarifies. Additionally, she also went to state that the film has no intimate scenes, “Jihaad has no intimate scenes to begin with. I would never back out of a film at the last moment.” She has been replaced by Dia Mirza who has happily stepped in to replace Lamba. Continue reading ‘Minissha Lamba Rubbishes Intimate Scenes’

Bollywood’s latest chocolate boy Anant Narayan is inundated with film offers. But producers put only one condition – they want Anant to be paired opposite “alleged” girlfriend actress Minissha Lamba After being listed among the ten hot new couples of tinsel town on Buzz 18’s Bollywood Love Report Card 2009, Anant Narayan and Minissha Lamba are in demand and how! After a leading national daily broke the news of a love affair between Minissha and Anant, the dishy actor is inundated with film offers, especially lighthearted college romances, but producers and directors put only one condition – they want Anant to be paired opposite Minissha Lamba, whom they believe is the special someone in Anant’s life. Continue reading ‘Anant Narayan and Minissha Lamba in a film together?’

Minissha Lamba clarifies that her missing out on ‘Jihaad’ is no kiss-and-tell issue

Though much has been written about Minissha Lamba refusing to shoot ‘intimate scenes’ with Vivek Oberoi for Rensil D’Silva’s Jihaad, the truth seems to be far from this. Talking to CT from New York, D’Silva said, “I don’t know who has been circulating such rumours. There are no intimate scenes in my film. Mine is a serious film and such rumours are distracting.”

The real reason for Minissha opting out of the film is her passport. “The pages on my passport had been used up and I had sent it for renewal. It took so long, that there wasn’t much time for me to leave for New York to shoot. Jihaad has no intimate scenes to begin with. I would never back out of a film at the last moment,” she said, adding, “Everyone has been working so hard for the film and such rumours are totally uncalled for.” Continue reading ‘‘Jihaad’ has no intimate scenes: Minissha’