Ali sponsoring higher education for 40 girls

Ali Zafar was recently present at an art auction event held in Lahore, and was apparently the highest bidder for a painting. The art auction event was held by Sanjan Nagar to educate under privileged girls in acquiring advanced education. Ali Zafar who is an art lover himself when heard about the cause of the auction, started bidding for the painting, in tough competition with other gentleman but Ali didn’t give up until he bought the painting apparently for almost a million Pakistani Rupees.

Sources say that Ali didn’t think twice about attending the event when he heard about the cause and ended up sponsoring higher education for 40 girls.

The event was held to support the education of these under privileged girls whose parents being poor couldn’t afford their education, are now going to be studying sciences like neurology, medical and even strive to be an astronauts.

Ali’s PR person responded that he didn’t want to take any credit as he thinks it was his duty like every other individual whose been granted the means and power to give to his society, reports Pakistan Today.

Ali who himself was not very rich when he entered the entertainment business, and was a simple kid coming from a middle class background of two university professors as parents, has been painting since his child hood and used to speed-paint charcoal portraits in a hotel lobby to raise money for his music by selling them for Rs 500 a piece. Seems like now after receiving the success as an artist (painter, singer, model & actor) has not forgotten his roots and continues to support his people at home, proving to be an inspiration for all his countrymen.

Source: pak hungama

Irrfan to play Van Atter in Spider-Man 4

Already Slumdog Millionaire has launched the Hollywood careers of Freida Pinto and Anil Kapoor. Now veteran actor Irrfan Khan is set to join that list, as it's being reported that he will play a villain in Spider-Man Reboot, set to release in 2012. The Hollywood Reporter said that Khan will be playing a character named Van Atter, who may have "Khan, best known for his work in Slumdog Millionaire, is playing a villain named Nels Van Atter, who transforms into the 'proto-goblin', a monstrous baddie with super speed, super agility and super strength.

Khan will be joined by Welsh actor Rhys Ifans, who will also play a villain in the movie. Spider-Man Reboot, the fourth instalment in the series, is being directed by Marc Webb, and will feature 3D technology.

Unlike the first three movies, Spider-Man Reboot is in fact an instalment of Spiderman 3 and will not have Tobey Maguire in the lead role. That honour falls to British-American actor Andrew Garfield, who will give his fist effort as Peter Parker. Spider-Man Reboot is expected to release in 2012.

Source: rdiffmovies

Katrina Kaif is World's Sexiest Woman

Sitting pretty atop another poll for 3 consecutive years, Katrina Kaif was recently announced Eastern Eye's Sexiest Woman, beating contemporaries from around the world third time in a row. Apart from being amongst the most photographed actresses in the world, Katrina Kaif is also considered highly bankable not to mention super sexy and confident. After proving her acting prowess in Raajneeti, Katrina went on to scorch screens with her latest song “Sheila Ki Jawani” from her forthcoming release Tees Maar Khan, one of the year's highly anticipated movies.

Eastern Eye showbiz editor Asjad Nazir, who was chairman of the selection panel, thinks that Katrina's win is all the more remarkable because of the incredibly high standard. "Although Bollywood heroines dominated the top 10, the list for 2010 included stunning beauty pageant winners, top actresses from around the world, pop stars and TV personalities. That is why Katrina should be deservedly proud of her amazing win."

Delighted with the hat –trick, Katrina Kaif says, "I'm very happy that I have made it to the top of Eastern Eye's list again. England is off course a very special place to me and I think it's very sweet to be voted the sexiest by them. I just want to thank everyone for the support,"

The poll was conducted by the most popular, influential and established South Asian publication in the UK.

Source: oneindia