Eggstatic: Udita Goswami

Imagine being drowned in egg yolk ? and surfacing with a smile. Well, that?s exactly what Bollywood hot bod Udita Goswami did recently. Gone are the days of being body-painted or even soaked in chocolate, the Paap girl went a few steps further and got her face drenched in egg yellow.

And it wasn?t even for a big Bollywood blockbuster, but just on a request from a friend for a ?fun shoot?. To hold off the dreaded stench, Udita had baby oil splattered over her face but the eggs did leave an indelible mark all right. Days after the photo shoot, she felt she could smell the eggs all over her!

The Dehra Dun girl may not be eggstatic about discussing the episode, but in a candid interview to Channel [V] VJ Sarah Jane, Udita does talk about her journey from the world of modelling to tinsel town. Catch Udita speak on Maybelline New York [V] Goddess Festival on Thursday, 7 pm on Channel [V].

You can also catch Udita doing an item number for the first time in director Aditya Datt?s (Aashiq Banaya Apne) second film Dil Diya Hai. And if you are wondering how the music would be, well, it is scored by Himesh Reshammiya and the film stars Emraan Hashmi!

Karunya call

On song: Rajkumar Hirani, Shantanu Moitra, N. Karunya, Vinod Chopra

He?s got luckier than his predecessors. The likes of Abhijeet Sawant, Qazi Tauqeer and Ruprekha Banerjee may still be looking for the big Bollywood song but this year?s Indian Idol runner-up N. Karunya has already landed a huge break. The Hyderabadi voice has been chosen to sing for the sequel to Munnabhai MBBS, Munnabhai 2nd Innings.

Highly impressed with his vocal skills, the film?s producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra got Karunya to record a track Aane char aane for the Rajkumar Hirani film starring Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Vidya Balan and Boman Irani. With lyrics by Swanand Kirkire and music by Shantanu Moitra, Aane char aane was recorded by Karunya at Mumbai?s Media Mind Studio.

And there were no butterflies in the stomach with Karunya finishing the song in 15 minutes flat. Vinod had first heard about Karunya when sister Shelly burst into his Los Angeles hotel room in tears, because ?the Abhishek Bachchan lookalike? had not become the Indian Idol. Earlier Vinod had given a break to another reality hunt singer ? Sa Re Ga Ma Pa?s Sanjeevani in Kareeb.

Munnabhai 2nd Innings releases on August 25 and the Shantanu Moitra soundtrack a couple of weeks before that.

Making the cut

Style icon Tommy Hilfiger turns host in the new reality show on TV titled The Cut. To be telecast in India on Zee Cafe, The Cut features 16 contestants who try to outdo themselves for a chance to design their own collection under the Tommy Hilfiger label, with a $ 250,000 salary.

The contestants must complete a series of tasks that showcases their design and business skills to prove that they have what it takes to make ?the cut? in the fashion world. The hour-long episodes will feature celebrity guests like Jennifer Lopez, designer Karl Lagerfeld and Jamie-Lynn DiScala (The Sopranos).

To premiere on Friday, at 9 pm, the first episode of The Cut will be shown ?uncut? ? without commercials.

Afternoon attack

Fresh face: Sudeepa Singh in Kabhi To Nazar Milao

After the evening dose of soaps and reality shows, Sony Entertainment Television is now targeting the mid-day band. UTV is producing a new show for Sony, Kabhi To Nazar Milao, to beam Mondays to Thursdays at 1 pm, starting next week.

A heartwarming love story between Sunaina (Sudeepa Singh) and Karun (GaganArya), Kabhi To Nazar Milao is a romance and family drama rolled into one.

Speaking on the new show, Monisha Singh, vice-president of the TV wing of UTV, tells Metro: ?We have produced the successful afternoon show for STAR Plus called Bhabhi and now we hope to produce the same magic for Sony with Kabhi To Nazar Milao.?