Preity Zinta has once again denied reports that she will sell her stake in the Indian Premier League team Kings XI Punjab and that Videocon is planning to buy it. "How many times d (the) news has 2 be WRONG about our stake sale! First Hero Honda & now Videocon! Speaks a lot for d (the) quality of news in d (the) country, " she wrote on  Twitter (http://twitter.com/realpreityzinta).  After Kings XI Punjab's poor show in the IPL third season, rumor doing the rounds that the four owners - Bombay Dyeing managing director Ness Wadia, actress Preity Zinta,  Mohit Burman from Dabur India and Karan Paul from Apeejay Group - are planning to sell their stakes.

It seems Hrithik Roshan is planning to make a strong foothold in the music industry too. After making his singing debut in "Kites", he once again went behind the mike for a song in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Guzaarish". "Hrithik has sung a song in 'Guzaarish'. His singing is improving day by day and he has sung so well that it's even better than the song he sung in 'Kites', " Hrithik's uncle and composer Rajesh Roshan told. "Hrithik is a very hardworking person and I feel that it won't be any harm if he sings one song a film to let out his creativity as a singer, " he added. The 36-year-old has crooned an English song "Kites in the sky" in his forthcoming film "Kites".

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan and his close friend filmmaker Karan Johar will be hosting the Indian Premiere League (IPL) Awards night to honour best players and performances of the T20 tournament at the Grand Hyatt in Mumbai April 23. The evening, to be telecast on Colors in May, will be a fusion of cricket and entertainment - to be called Cricketainment - with some of India's biggest entertainers - including Oscar winner A.R. Rahman, Shilpa Shetty, Katrina Kaif, Priyanka Chopra and Hrithik Roshan - set to perform.

Veteran actor Shammi Kapoor's son Aditya Raj Kapoor is all set to make a comeback with Maverick Production's film “Chase” directed by Jag Mohan Mundhra releasing on 29th April. The film star cast includes Anuj Saxena, Udita Goswami, Tarina Patel, Samir Kochar, Aditya Raj Kapoor, Tarina Patel, Rajesh Khattar, Sanjay Mishra and Shweta Menon. Aditya Raj Kapoor is playing an industrialist in the film and his character has gray shades. Aditya has also directed films like “Shamaal”, “Sambar Salsa” and “Don't stop dreaming” in the past. Aditya was busy in constructing amusement parks across the country (the two most popular ones Appu Ghar and Fantasy Land) since last fifteen years and is also working on the cause of Child Education. Years ago, he had acted in Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit starrer “Dil Tera Aashique” and was also seen in “Satyam Shivam Sundaram” in 1978.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has three very different releases coming up this year. And the most speculated question in the industry right now is, which performance would Aishwarya get all the popular awards for, the one in Mani Ratnam's Raavan or Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Guzaarish? Those who have seen rushes of the two films say she has given her career's best performance in both. Then she has Vipul Shah's Action Replay where she has attempted a full-on comic role for the first time.  “Of course comedy which is the hardest genre to do is not taken seriously at the awards. But in my film Aishwarya has done comedy for the first time. She may have attempted it here and there earlier. But this is her first full-fledged comedy role. But she's welcome to get the awards for her other two releases, I don't mind, ” says Vipul Shah.

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