Will an Indian actress be the next Bond Girl!

The Bond girl is a character portraying a love interest of James Bond in a 007 movie. Bond Girls are often victims rescued by Bond, fellow agents or allies, villainesses or members of an enemy organization, most typically the villain's accomplice, assistant or mistress. Some are mere eye candy and have no direct involvement in Bond's mission while other Bond Girls play a pivotal role in the success of the mission.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bond_girl)

But the most important trait or attribute of a bond girl is being stunningly beautiful with extraordinarily perfect and sexy looking figure.  Most James Bond movies have featured exotic and enchanting looking Bond girls, hence in this quest the bollywood film industry gossip  columns keep second guessing if any of their heroines have been approached for the role of the bond girl!

Few years back it was rumoured that Aishwarya Rai was offered to play a smaller bond girl role of  Solange Dimitrios, not the main bond girl Vesper Lynd in the bond movie  Casino Royale. The facts and reasons if Rai was offered and why she denied are unknown. The role of a bond girl has both boosted and damaged film careers of many actresses, hence many actresses are little skeptic about accepting roles in bond movies.

Now the Indian actress Freida Pinto, well know in Hollywood  after Slumdog Millionaire is said to have been offered a role of bond girl in the upcoming bond movie. The main bond girl role is said to be played by Olivia Wilde.  We will have to wait and watch who will feature in the 23rd bond movie besides Daniel Craig!

Read news article below for details:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Freida-the-next-Bond-girl/articleshow/5708207.cms

American Idol vs Indian Idol

 American Idol and Indian Idol, both these shows are very popular in the respective countries with audiences across the world. Though both these shows are spin off’s from the British show Pop Idol, each one is different on its own. Both shows take the contestants and the viewers through a rollers coaster ride of emotions, excitement, heartbreak and jubilation, before an Idol emerges from the contestants. But ultimately the requirements and measuring scale and what is sought in each of these idols is so different.

Every year, tens of thousands of hopefuls from across America audition for a shot at stardom in American Idol. The show's judges - Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi besides the host Ryan Seacrest- travel across the country in search of the next American Idol. They winnow down the competitors to a select group of semifinalists who sing their hearts out each week in front of a studio audience and television viewers.

The judges, Simon, Randy, Kara and Ellen DeGenerous have their say after every performance, but it's the viewing public that determines who will advance to the next round of competition and who will go home. Voting via telephone and text-messaging begins immediately after each performance show, and the results are announced during the following night's broadcast.

Eventually the competition is narrowed down to two finalists who compete for a major recording contract and the American Idol title.

Indian Idol gives millions of people across India the opportunity to chase their dreams and   become the  ‘Desh Ki Awaaz’ or the Indian  Idol!  This year in the 5th season, while its still auditioning for the contestants, the show announced that  in addition to a recording contract with Sony BMG, the ‘Indian Idol’ will be awarded a contract with Sony Entertainment Television worth Rs 1 crore, thus catapulting him or her into stardom, fame and fortune.

The judges on the Indian Idol show this year are Sunidhi Chauhan, female playback singer of Bollywood; Salim Merchant, music director and singer; and Anu Malik, a renowned music director.  Anu Malik has been the judge on this show since its first season.  Besides being the most popular judge of Indian Idol, he is also known as Simon Cowell of India with his straight forward critique.

Both these shows discover raw talent and make them superstars at the end of the season. But what they seek in their idol is different. This is the big difference between the Indian Idol and American Idol.

 The judges at American Idol, now in its ninth season seek in their ‘Idol’, the talent to sing, a great voice, an independent characteristic, an individualistic and distinctive personality,  uniqueness, not an emulator,has creativity to make a song one’s own, take a song and make it better or different,  a star quality with the ability to become a popstar  and recording artist with solo albums of one’s own!

Whereas the Indian Idol is a superstar in his own right, he/she has a set of different and probably lesser requirements to achieve.  The traits sought for here are a great voice, ability to sing well, good understanding of music and singing, and a star quality to become a successful singing star and playback singer. The Indian idol’s requirements are different because of the type of film Industry in India. Bollywood know to make movies with a lot of song and dance seeks creative  singing talent regularly to be playback singers for the thousands  of movies it produces. The Playback singer is a singer who can make the lyrics into a sweet melody and sing it  to match the actor who is lip synching their song in the movie. Though star quality is required even in Indian Idol, the American Idol may just be a harder race to run and Win!

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