Amitabh Bachchan Introduces The Bachchan Dog. You may have heard about him, but never seen him. Shanouk is an important member of the Bachchan household but as the family likes to protect its privacy, their pet has been kept away from the media.

However, Big B has now posted pictures of his dog on his blog in response to requests from readers.

Writing about a set of photos from which one can be seen here on the left, Amitabh wrote the following:

“The other more affectionate ones are Shanouk expressing his desire for a close cheek to cheek waltz with his master, whom he loves to protect savagely. Told you he was big.. er.. bigger than me on his hind. And even beyond if he were to stretch his front legs.

“That choreographed move has kindled a desire for more within Shanouk and as I write he hovers around the lap top, pawing my knee, and attempting desperately for a repeat. Well he ain’t gonna get one. Not till I finish with the blog, anyway.”

Amitabh has also been blogging filmmaker Prakash Mehra, with whom he delivered several hits. Mehra passed away on May 17.

Yesterday (May 18) Amitabh attended Mehra’s funeral. This is an excerpt from what he wrote on his blog:

“Prakash ji’s eldest son Sumeet returned from USA this morning and the cremation took place by the afternoon. Abhishek and I attended it, but the behavior of the electronic media at the crematorium was just disgusting. No respect shown for the sensitivity of the occasion. No regard for the moment and no ethics at all in maintaining some decorum for this very private and sombre ritual. All they were interested in was in getting that ‘bite’ or shoving their cameras inches away from your nose, at a moment when one desired peace and quiet. Shameful.

"But what of some of the mourners, if they can be called that! They were no less. Pushing and shoving to get a position behind or near about the celebrity, so the cameras can catch them.

“I shall not dwell on this anymore; I may just burst a blood vessel.”

Exclusive : Aishwarya Rai’s Action Replay Moviestills. Action Replay is an upcoming Bollywood Indian film being directed by Vipul Shah and starring Akshay Kumar and Aishwarya Rai. It is based on a 1994 Gujarati Indian play of the same name. It is believed to be a remake of the Oscar nominated film, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Action Replay is set to release in November this year.

Priyanka Hits Back Kareena To Defend Shahid. Priyanka Chopra on Tuesday May 12th evening launched the website of her Yash Raj Productions film Pyaar Impossible. The film is directed by actor turned filmmaker Jugal Hansraj and co-stars her with Uday Chopra.

Priyanka launched the website of her romantic comedy film – www.pyaarimpossible.in and then speaking about her role in the film said, “I play the beauty and Uday plays the geek. But in real life, when I was in school -college I was very geeky.”

During the media interaction a journalist asked her reaction to the recent comments made by Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan that their names were being unnecessarily dragged for publicizing her forthcoming film Kaminey with her ‘good friend’ Shahid Kapoor.

Priyanka like a true loyal ‘good friend’ gave a fitting reply to Kareena (she was Shahid’s ex girlfriend remember) and Saif’s accusations made in a Mumbai tabloid few days back.

Priyanka said, “Kaminey is directed by Vishal Bharadwaj whose directorial credentials don’t need any introduction and it is produced by UTV which is amongst the best production houses in the country today.

I have seen the film and I feel it’s a brilliant piece of work. All those who will see the film will definitely love it. We as the team of Kaminey are extremely well equipped and capable of publicizing the film and don’t require any outside help for the same.”

Few days back Kareena and Saif had reportedly claimed that their names were needlessly dragged to gain publicity for his films by Shahid. Kareena was in fact quoted stating, “Shahid should move

Abhishek And Sexy Aishwarya Travel Like Crazy. It’s been a time of incredible traveling and stock -taking for Bollywood’s golden couple who are now in Cannes.

But believe it or not, just a few days earlier they were in Bhopal, visiting Mrs Jaya Bachchan’s mother who lives in the city.

Says a source, “It was a flash visit last week. Abhishek and Aishwarya had never visited his Naani together. They wanted to surprise her. They had a day off. So they just took off for the day. There was no direct flight. So they had to take a hopping flight. But it was finally worth it because the visit made their grandmother in Bhopal so happy.”

And now the Golden Couple has taken off for Cannes at a very short notice.

Says a source, “They’ve both gone on a personal and very special invitation from the Cannes festival. Aishwarya attends the festival opening or closing every year, depending on the time availability. Abhishek just decided to accompany his wife on the special invitation of the Festival.”

They return immediately. Aishwarya resumes shooting with Akshay Kumar for Vipul Shah’s Instant Replay. Abhishek joins his father for another schedule of Balki’s Paa.

Incidentally he can’t wait to abandon his clean-shaven look for Paa and get back to his stubbled look.

Dia Mirza’s career graph may not be as fascinating as many of her contemporaries’, but the actress maintains commercial success is hardly of any consequence. “What is commercial success? I left home at 17 and came to Mumbai. By 21, I bought an apartment of my own and started living independently. My ambition is to excel in what I do and not to compete with others,” she says.

The actress, who was in the Capital to promote her upcoming film Kisaan, says she is “appalled that Indian films are scarcely based on real situations, unlike Iranian or Korean cinema.”

Having earlier worked with Salman in Tumko Naa Bhool Payenge and recently with Arbaaz and Sohail in Fight Club and Kisaan, she reveals the secret behind her thick bond with the Khans. “The first phone call I got from the film industry after I won the Ms India title was from Sohail. He called my mom in Hyderabad, who thought it was a crank call and hung up!” she laughs.

The actress, who is “not seeing anybody since I feel it is important to love yourself before you are ready to share your space with anyone else,” does confess that she’s dying to have kids.

“I am dying to have kids...I really love them.”As for when she is not shooting, the actress occupies herself with “painting, writing, pottery and horse riding.”