Aishwarya Rai received the prestigious Padmashri award instituted by the government of India. President Pratibha Patil felicitated Aishwarya for her contribution to the Indian cinema.
Bollywood diva Aishwarya Rai rejected the offer of Barbie doll to be modeled on Aishwarya Rai due to her busy schedules.
Bollywood Badshah Shahrukh Khan, to chose the best cheerleaders for his Kolkata Knight Riders [KKR] team has started a reality show "Knight and Angels" in 2009. Superstar Shahrukh Khan and Juhi Chawla were the judges of the show.
Shahrukh Khan launched his perfume "SK" with the French perfumers and Jeannes Arthes.
Shahrukh Khan has been awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres [Order of the Arts and Literature] award by the French government for his Exceptional Career.
Shahrukh has had a book released on himself called 'King of Bollywood' written by Anupama Chopra.
Beautiful bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra received Nielsen Box Office Award on March 23rd, 2009 for her outstanding contribution to Asian film industry during the third annual Asian Film Awards as part of the events during the 33rd Hong Kong International Film Festival.
Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan is acting in Hindi movies like "Raavana" [2009] starring Aishwarya Rai & Ajay Devagan, "Kal Kisne Dekha" [2009] starring Juhi Chawla & Rishi Kapoor and "Crooked" [2009] starring Irrfan Khan & Anupam Kher.
Gorgeous Katrina Kaif expressed her gratitude for the crew members of the movie "Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani" [2009] by distributing Rs 5 lakh among them on the last day of the shoot.
Glam doll Katrina Kaif is chosen as the first Indian face to represent the Barbie doll and to walk the ramp in Barbie clothes. She is endorsing the Barbie in the iconic doll's 50th year becoming the new Celebrity Barbie.
The generous actress Katrina met the slum children on behalf of Salman Khan's Foundation 'Being Human'.
Beautiful bollywood actress Bipasha Basu and her current boyfriend and bollywood actor John Abraham dressed in attires by their favorite designers, walk the ramp for its first ever fashion show 'Kolkata Fashion Week' which begins on March 2nd, 2009.
Bipasha Basu is learning belly dance as she recently has some free time.
Bollywood actor Aamir Khan is currently involved in a campaign to bring awareness among the voters for the upcoming elections in association with the Association for Democratic Reforms [ADR] and National Election Watch [NEW]. The theme of the campaign is 'Sache ko chune, Achche ko chune' which means 'Vote for integrity, Vote for good people'.
Aamir declined to have a wax imitation of him put on display at Madame Tussauds in London in 2007.
Bollywood actor and supermodel John Abraham was the first Indian Brand ambassador for Diet Pepsi.
Hrithik Roshan, the famous bollywood actor who underwent knee surgery twice has recovered well and performed a difficult action sequence for an ad film in South Africa. Hrithik was hurt severely while shooting the action sequences for the movie "Krrish" [2006] and the injury got aggravated while shooting for "Jodhaa Akbar" [2008].
Hrithik finished shooting for his home banner's international project "Kites" which is directed by Anurag Basu and recently signed Sanjay Leela Bhansali's yet untitled movie starring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Barbara Mori.
The highest paid supermodel John Abraham who is the brand ambassador of Castrol Power 1, Yamaha Marque, Clinic All Clear, Fastrack eye gear and Samsung cell phones has become a producer by co-producing the movie "1-800-Love" [2009] along with Abbas Tyrewala.
The beautiful bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor daughter of bollywood actor Anil kapoor made her acting debut with Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Saawariya" in 2007. She also acted in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's "Delhi-6" starring Abhishek Bachchan and going to perform in David Dhawan's comedy film "Come On Pappu" alongside Akshay Kumar.
Charming bollywood actor Salman Khan is going to host the second season of the reality show "Dus Ka Dum".
Salman Khan finished shooting for "London Dreams" [2009] co-starring Asin and Ajay Devgan.
Saif Ali Khan is shooting for his upcoming movies such as "Love Aaj Kal" [2009] and "Jihaad" [2009].
In 2006, Saif appeared along with various other Bollywood actors like Rani Mukerji, and Aishwarya Rai at the Closing Ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, on behalf of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, to be held in Delhi.
Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar received the highest civilian honour "Padma Shri" from the President of India, Smt.Pratibha Patil on March 31st, 2009.
Akshay is co-starring with Kareena Kapoor in his action comedy movie "Kambakkht Ishq" in 2009 starring famous Hollywood actors Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone and Carmen Electra.
In 2009 bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor is filming for his upcoming movies "Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani", "Rajniti" starring Katrina Kaif and "Wake Up Sid" alongside Konkona Sen Sharma.