Filmfare 20091209 Scan13 Shahid Kapoor

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The tough look goes with the tough body that Shahid sports nowadays but haven't the clothes been overdone. They are more dirty and ragged than they need to be.

Filmfare 20091209 Scan12 Soha Ali Khan

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Soha is looking very nice in this snap. Although Tum Mile was set around the unprecedented rainfall (39 inches) and consequent flooding of Mumbai on July 26th, 2005, it mostly concentrated on the relationship between Soha Ali Khan and Emraan Hashmi. Maybe that is the reason it couldn't do so well at the box office.

Filmfare 20091209 Scan11 Protima Bedi

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Protima Bedi was truly the wild one. Even her daughter Pooja was no less a sex symbol in her prime. In 1974, Protima gained sudden notoriety when she streaked in full public glare on Juhu Beach at the launch of Cine Blitz. Later in an interview , she said:

I shed my clothes, my inhibitions, my conditionings by outdated social norms so that you too can discover yourselves.

I direct this not to the younger generation but to the adults, the parents who have not understood their own sexuality.

When they take shelter behind these conventions, they are living in a world of their own delusions.

Filmfare 20091209 Scan10 Kabir Bedi

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Kabir Bedi is simply the greatest export from India. His work on stage, in television and in the movies has been loved and admired by audiences all over the world. He has won numerous film, advertising and popularity awards and is a voting member of both the Screen Actors Guild and the prestigious Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He married thrice and is a doting father .

Filmfare 20091209 Scan09 Kareena Kapoor

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This photograph literally represents the basic dilemma in photography. To be technically perfect so as to appeal to our brains. Or to be artistically experimental so as to appeal to our hearts. This is a technically perfect snap with top notch hair and makeup, colour scheme and toning, lack of ornaments and simplicity. And yet it fails to make Kareena look better or different or interesting.

Filmfare 20091209 Scan08 Randhir Kapoor

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This image is so good. The three generations we identify with most (with due apologies to Prithviraj Kapoor) in the background and Randhir Kapoor in the foreground as a sort of purveyor of the legacy. And all in B&W. Very nice thinking. In particular, I liked the portraits of Shashi and Kareena the best.

Filmfare 20091209 Scan07 Anushka Sharma

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I love this photo for many reasons: the light play, the background, the dress, the colours and yet most of the credit goes to the pose where the looking downwards is accentuated by the eye shadow. Brilliant. Notice how the caption confirms this intention.

Filmfare 20091209 Scan06 Sonam Kapoor

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The reason I do not like this image is because the contrast has been overdone. Over-contrast homogenizes textures. The highlights and shadows have got washed out. In particular the textures of the hair, jacket and top have been lost. Also I didn't quite like the belly button or, for that matter, the necklace either.

Filmfare 20091209 Scan05 Aishwarya Rai

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The light play in this photo is so atrocious with shadows on the shoulders and sofa (if possible, seating should be kept out of view), but the hair is so nice.

In fact, getting the hair right is not only difficult, it is impossible simply because it is so subjective an issue. The right way to put it would be to say that I like the hair here.

Filmfare 20091209 Scan04 Vidya Balan

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I associate Vidya Balan's look in this scan most with Shobha De. And doesn't she even resemble her here.

Filmfare 20091209 Scan03 Kareena Kapoor

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What grabbed my attention in this scan in not Kareena Kapoor's face but her neck. The neck and sleeves of the choli are very nice, the necklace however is altogether perfect.

Filmfare 20091209 Scan02 Abhishek Bachchan

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I am quoting his profile verbatim:

Name abhishek bachchan

Location Mumbai, India

Web http://twitter.com/juniorbachchan

Bio Actor........ well at least some say so!

Filmfare 20091209 Scan01 PC Jeweller Ad

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Giselle Monteiro looking as beautiful as ever.

The caption reads: Sona jo naye rishtey banata hai.

It figures. If you've got gold, let's be pals (spoof;)

Filmfare 20091125 Scan13 Makeover

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An example of just how talented our makeover maestros really are.

Filmfare 20091125 Scan12 Hritik Roshan

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Hritik Roshan has always been an "Adorable Hunk". But here, thanks to that hairdo, one is compelled to drop the term "Adorable" from the epithet.

Filmfare 20091125 Scan11 Bipasha Basu

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This image is a perfect example of what might be called a kindergarten snap where each child is lost in his or her own world. Here, of course, Bipasha Basu's world is certainly looking the best of the lot.

Filmfare 20091125 Scan10 Sushmita Sen

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If you like something in any shape or form, then it indicates a soul connection. I happen to love all kinds of polo necks. For me at least, necks are crucial to how I perceive elegance.

Filmfare 20091125 Scan09 Rajeev Khandelwal

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This is a nearly perfect photo of Rajeev Khandelwal. The only two things wrong are the excessive bleaching and the twig. The whole point of bleaching (or stone washing, I know stones are no longer used) is just so the pair of jeans gets a worn out look even though it is brand new. A proper riding whip would have gone so well with those riding boots. Some horse in the background could have added to the overall impact. Still an excellent composition.

Filmfare 20091125 Scan08 Katrina Kaif

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If Katrina Kaif is looking gorgeous, as much as half the credit must go to her hair. A bit unmanaged but lovely shade and lustre, helped, of course, by the dark dress on both herself and Akshay.

Filmfare 20091125 Scan07 Citizen Ad

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The model is too sweet for my taste and the dress is too awkward and the watch shown has too deep a dial and too colourful a pearl finish, but the background has been done to perfection. No question about it.