By Jilawatan

The meeting organised by the Russian Embassy was to encourage and improve cultural relations with Bollywood.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has Bollywood on his agenda. During the course of his visit to Mumbai, he met a delegation of filmmakers at Yash Raj Films Studio in Andheri on Wednesday. The meeting organised by the Russian Embassy was to encourage and improve cultural relations with Bollywood.

Apart from Yash Chopra, Amit Khanna, chairman of Reliance Big Entertainment, Ramesh Sippy, Rakesh Roshan, Mukesh Bhatt, Randhir Kapoor, Manmohan Shetty, Puneet Goenka of Zee were also present. During the relatively short meeting, the Russian delegation managed to strike a chord with Bollywood’s big guns.

By Jilawatan

For Bollywood stars, London has always been a convenient second home with its fashionable stores, fine dining and its eclectic mix of culture and nightlife. Kareena Kapoor, who travelled to her sister Karisma’s shoots while growing up, is not immune to the charms of the British capital either.

Kareena in Australia during the shoot of Main aur Mrs Khanna

When you say that it’s a bit of a cliché to love London, Kareena laughs, “I tend to go back to the same places that I’ve been to and I need to break away from that.”