2011 hasn’t exactly been the best of years for Bengali bombshell Bipasha Basu. She broke up with long-time boyfriend John Abraham, was rumoured to have link-ups with Rana Daggubati and former boyfriend Dino Morea and to top it all, her movie Dum Maaro Dum didn’t do too well. The actress, however, isn’t complaining.

Ranbir Kapoor’s love life somehow always manages to overshadow his films and the nation’s latest heartthrob unabashedly acknowledges the effect he has on women of all ages.

With his very first film, Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, Prateik (Babbar) was noticed in Bollywood. A cameo was enough for film-makers to realise that here was a boy with talent.

If you were wondering where Shilpa Shetty had disappeared all this time only to suddenly be back in the limelight, she has been busy for the past year or so, setting up home after her love marriage to businessman Raj Kundra. “After I got married, I decided to design the house and renovating kept me busy for almost a year or so,” she says.

We’ve been hearing a lot of stories about Katrina Kaif wanting to prove her versatility — not as an actress, but as a filmmaker. In fact, Kat has even bought the rights of a French film, Priceless, and plans to remake it. So interested is Kat in learning all the nuances of filmmaking, that she has even taken up editing.

Imran Khan, the chocolate boy of Bollywood, is a happy man these days. He is five months into his marriage with wife Avantika and is looking forward to the release of the much awaited Delhi Belly. He is also one of the few actors who have not been linked with any of his beautiful co-stars. “While working together on a film, my co-stars and I share a good rapport, but then I am like this only... you get portrayed the way you are in real life,” he believes.

Another Khan of Bollywood, Saif Ali Khan is riding high on success. With biggies in hand, Saifu has come a long way in the industry. Speaking about his choice of films he says, “I want to do subjects which are made for ‘men’. Heroism in Bollywood has almost disappeared. It would be a great change if movies made by men for men made a comeback.”

After a talk-of-the-town reception, life has been a runaround for Lara Dutta, juggling marriage, acting and production on Chalo Dilli. Barely two months after her wedding, Lara has dropped right into the deep end of a hectic schedule, though she claims, “I am just enjoying my married life.”

The marriage speculations of the most sought after bachelor of B-town, Karan Johar have been only that, speculations with KJo refusing any alliance with the New York-based girl Vandana Melwani.

Only a few films old, Sonam Kapoor has already tasted success, courted controversy, ticked off co-stars and celeb writers with her frank comments and has been linked with an actor and a director so fa