New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu is in her hometown Kolkata for the launch of a TV channel and says she is looking forward to savour Bengali delicacies.

‘In kolkata to launch Mahua Bangla, a new channel! Excited about all the yum food I will get to eat,’ she posted a message on her Twitter page.

Bipasha is also looking forward to spend some quality with family.

She further posted, ‘Family time! Meeting my dad today.’

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Mom’s multitasking impresses Abhishek

Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan is completely in awe of his mother Jaya Bachchan’s multi-tasking skills.

‘Sitting with my ma. How do women do it? Multitasking that is! She’s reading the papers, on the phone, ordering lunch, supervising the cleaning and chatting with me all at once!!!’.

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Neil, Deepika and rotten fish

Actors Neil Nitin Mukesh and Deepika Padukone had a tough time shooting for Pradeep Sarkar’s ‘Lafange Parindey’.

They were not only made to do some daredevilry stunts, their training sessions also saw them working with rotten fish.

However, being professionals they had no choice but to work with smelly fish.

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Vidya Balan loves old Hindi music

Vidya Balan, known for etching all kind of roles with panache, enjoys some old Hindi songs sung by legends like Kishore Kumar and Mohammad Rafi.

Says a source close to the star, ‘Vidya loves old Hindi music…one of her most prized possessions are a collection of some of the greatest songs by Kishore Kumar and Mohd. Rafi.’

The actress also loves listening to Lata Mangeshkar and R.D. Burman songs. We also hear that Vidya always has a couple of these CDs kept in her car and listens to them while she is travelling.

‘The songs never fail to calm her down after a stressful day of work,’ adds the source.