Hrithik Roshan makes hotel his new mahal

Hrithik Roshan is sure taking his 'Emperor Akbar' role pretty seriously.

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Long after the movie has gone, Duggu baba and his real life Empress, Sussanne, are still living life shahenshah-size. No wonder they continue to live in a plush suburban hotel for the umpteenth week now. Remember, 'termites' were cited as a reason for their home-repairs at 'Palazzio'? (Snigger, snigger, excuse the giggles).

We hear that they are still nestled into a private wing of the hotel, even as the 'repairs' have reached the Roshan ceiling now and big time tod-phod is on to fix the damaged ceiling. Anyway, now after living in the five-star hotel for so many weeks, it's almost as if the entire premise is like their private lavish mahal. The couple is now a common sight all over the poolside, the gym, the restaurants and the lobby – so much so that the staff doesn't even blink when they see the good-looking duo casually strolling around. Of course, he possibly has his own has guests dropping in, for his own 'out-of-home' parties too. It's sure causing plenty of other hotel visit numbers to swell, only to catch a dekho of the star. Quite a personal mahal, eh? All thanks to some 'white ants'. Hmnnn! Must've been some serious termites. But our tip... while the fumigation is on, why not check for some 'bed bugs' too, haan? And no jokes, we mean khatmals. Hee hee!

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Aamir Khan, Rekha to receive Raj Kapoor Award

The Raj Kapoor Lifetime Achievement Award would be given to Rekha, and Khan will be given the Raj Kapoor Memorial Award for Special Contribution. "We have spoken to all of them and they have accepted the awards while promising to be present at the presentation ceremony," Patil said.

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Speaking on the choice of Pune as the venue for the ceremony, Patil said it was known as a culturally vibrant city with historical importance. "We have also arranged a multitude of cultural programmes which are being managed by actor-director Mahesh Manjrekar," he added. A number of Marathi film artistes, including Siddharth Jadhav, Vijay Kadam, Amruta Khanvilkar, Sachin Khedekar, Sharvari Jamenis, Sonali Kulkarni and Ashwini Ekbote, will participate in the award function.

All-Indian Marathi Film Federation president Ajay Sarpotdar, who was also present at the news conference, said a variety of programmes, including a film festival, would be held in the run-up to May 30. "The film festival, wherein we will screen 21 of the most popular films from the last two years, will be inaugurated on May 23," he said.

The ministry has also decided to felicitate all recipients of the Padma awards this year who belong to the film industry, including singers Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu and Shamshad Begum and music director Pt Hridaynath Mangeshkar. "We are awaiting their confirmation. We have also decided to felicitate the stars of the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire' and so have also invited music director A R Rahman for the same," Ajay Ambekar, director of the state department of culture, said.

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