According to party spokespersons, Ajay Devgan will campaign for the Samajwadi Party during the next Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.

The film star and the SP general secretary Amar Singh recently met party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav in New Delhi. Devgan, later, gave his consent to participate in the election campaign representing the party, sources said.

Actor Raj Babbar, who is currently is a MP from Agra, is also an active member of the Samajwadi Party.

For whom wedding bells toll?

We had heard that the Abhishek-Karisma wedding had finally been finalised. The nuptials were to be solemnised within the coming three months and the couple were to set up home at Pratiksha in Juhu.

But Miss Kapoor, denies any such plans. She's just completed Boney Kapoor's Vaapsi and Dharmesh Darshan's Hanh Mein Bhi Pyaar Kiya and has already begun work for Indra Kumar's next venture co-starring Anil Kapoor.

Karisma, we believe has also been offered Shyam Benegal's next film.

While on the subject of weddings, we hear that actor Sanjay Suri will also tie the knot with Delhi lass Ambika Tandon on November 21.

Hrithik and the jewels

Hrithik Roshan, was the main attraction at the opening of Samrat Zaveri's Trendsmith. Clad in a yellow shirt, the star eclipsed everting else at the jewellery and objets d'art store on Hughes Road, in Bombay.

Pramod Navalkar decided it was much ado about nothing and made a quiet exit, while other guests gushed about how "sweet" Hrithik looked as he lit the inaugural diya.

Seventh Calcutta Film Festival gets underway

With 52 globally acclaimed films from 25 countries, India's largest film society, Cine Central, unveiled a week-long international forum of new cinema as part of the Seventh Calcutta Film Festival, on Sunday.

Inaugurating the forum with the Chinese film The Road Home by Zhang Yimou, ace film maker Mrinal Sen said in times of international strife and direction, good films epitomising creativity, come as a welcome change.

Legendary actor and chairman of the festival Soumitra Chatterjee said the thirst for good films resulted in entries that symbolised the best in contemporary world cinema. Movies from Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Yugoslavia will be screened over the next six days.

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