Miss India Celina Jaitley has recently signed a contract to act in a New Zealand-Australian film called “Love has No Language.”

Miss India Celina Jaitley has recently signed a contract to act in a New Zealand-Australian film called “Love has No Language.” This production house has made the world sit up and take notice with its “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. Ken Kahn, the technical advisor of that huge blockbuster, will be directing the film. Celina will portray the character of a non-resident Indian girl born and raised in New Zealand, opposite Australian actor Ben Mitchell. She is not only excited about working in an international project but about the role she will be playing. Here she has a chance to prove her mettle as an actress without doing only the dancing and singing sequences, she said. Celina said she is very happy because international doors have opened for Bollywood and every actor has a chance to work on an international project. With the film down under, perhaps Celina’s fortunes will start to look up

Bipasha Basu will play the title role in "Draupadi," the story of one of the strongest female characters in Indian mythology, who had five husbands

BOMBAY, India (AP) - Indian model-turned actress Bipasha Basu will play the title role in "Draupadi," the story of one of the strongest female characters in Indian mythology, who had five husbands, the director said Wednesday. While the movie is based on one of the greatest Hindu epics, "The Mahabharat," well-known director Rituparno Ghosh told the Mumbai Mirror newspaper that it would be his own interpretation, dealing with the human relationships. "My Draupadi will be more real and it will be my interpretation from a filmmaker's perspective ... I have a specific vision in my mind, which I want to convey through my film," said Ghosh. Ghosh said he hoped Basu, 26 _ who has acted in some 20 movies since her 2001 debut but has struggled to shed her sex symbol tag _ would give his title character an edge. "I wanted my Draupadi to be dark and attractive," said Ghosh about selecting Basu. "Not a sex symbol, but she had to possess the 'oomph' factor. I could see all these qualities in Bipasha." "The Mahabharat," written in Sanskrit, tells the story of a struggle within a dynasty, an ancient battle and the triumph of good over evil. In one of the most famous scenes in the epic, Draupadi prevails with dignity when an evil relative attempts to disrobe her in public after one of her husbands loses her and the family possessions in a game of dice. The movie "Draupadi" would be in English